Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes |
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FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH WILL I CALL UPON THEE.
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From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee!From the mountain, the valley, the forest the sea;
Where the foot of the wanderer never yet trod,
The heart of the christian may commune with God!
Where ignorance bends the idolatrous knee,—
From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee!
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I will call upon thee in prosperity's day,Lest the pride of this world lead my spirit astray;
I will call upon thee in distress, that my tears
May atone for the faults and the follies of years;
That purer and brighter the future may be,
From the ends of the earth I will call upon thee!
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I will call upon thee, as I did when I kneltIn the home on the hills, where in boyhood I dwelt;
I will call upon thee, if now fated to roam,
And the land of the stranger will offer a home,
Affection's sweet solace I gratefully see,—
From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee!
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