 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
THE LARGER HOPE.
O God, to whom all creatures look for light,
When their dim eyes on mysteries first ope
With which the human mind must bravely cope,
If it would gather what is good and right;
When their dim eyes on mysteries first ope
With which the human mind must bravely cope,
If it would gather what is good and right;
Above the lying tales of priest and pope,
Of pious fools that for delusions fight,
And think to settle creeds by fraud or might,
I fly to Thee and to the Larger Hope.
Of pious fools that for delusions fight,
And think to settle creeds by fraud or might,
I fly to Thee and to the Larger Hope.
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If pardon should not upon all men shine,
Or but one soul should be for ever lost,
Of the poor millions by temptation tost;
Or but one soul should be for ever lost,
Of the poor millions by temptation tost;
How would the final victory be Thine,
Which was achieved at such an awful cost,
Or how would'st Thou be still indeed Divine?
Which was achieved at such an awful cost,
Or how would'st Thou be still indeed Divine?
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |