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...CHAMBER MUSIC: 33 by JAMES JOYCE JANGLING MEMORY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE SITTING by CECIL DAY LEWIS EXPLICATION OF AN IMAGINARY TEXT by JAMES GALVIN A SONG OF COURAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PERSPECTIVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |