Poems and Essays By the late William Caldwell Roscoe. (Edited with a Prefatory Memoir, by his Brother-in-law, Richard Holt Hutton) |
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[I have a thought that fain would speak]
I have a thought that fain would speak
And tell thy praise, O Lord;
But, oh, my faltering lips are weak,
And tremble at the word.
And tell thy praise, O Lord;
But, oh, my faltering lips are weak,
And tremble at the word.
Let those that have not broke thy laws
Aspire to speak thy praise;
These falling tears are all the voice
That I may dare to raise.
Aspire to speak thy praise;
These falling tears are all the voice
That I may dare to raise.
Yet the fond mercy of our God
Outgoes our faithless thought;
He comes to meet us on the road,
Nor lets Himself be sought.
Outgoes our faithless thought;
He comes to meet us on the road,
Nor lets Himself be sought.
Father, to my repentant heart
Thy sheltering wing extend;
Henceforward let me not depart,
Henceforth no more offend.
Thy sheltering wing extend;
Henceforward let me not depart,
Henceforth no more offend.
April 1846.
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