Have mercy, Thou my God; mercy, my God; For I can hardly bear life day by day: Be I here or there I fret myself away: Lo for Thy staff I have but felt Thy rod Along this tedious desert path long trod. When will Thy judgement judge me, Yea or Nay? I pray for grace; but then my sins unpray My prayer: on holy ground I fool stand shod. While still Thou haunts't me, faint upon the cross, A sorrow beyond sorrow in Thy look, Unutterable craving for my soul. All faithful Thou, Lord: I, not Thou, forsook Myself; I traitor slunk back from the goal: Lord, I repent; help Thou my helpless loss. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EASTER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES SONNET: DANTE (2) by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 7 by EZRA POUND EPIPSYCHIDION by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY IN STATE by BYRON FORCEYTHE WILLSON TO A WITHERED ROSE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS SONG, FR. A VISION OF GIORGIONE: GEMMA'S SONG ON THE WAY by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |