Walden's Miscellaneous Poems which the author desires to dedicate to the Cause of Education and Humanity |
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GRATITUDE.
To the President and Members of the Christian Association:
Having learned that my resignation was reconsidered by
you, and having been treated with such brotherly love, I am
constrained to express my gratitude to you in an humble
manner:
For when I heard this glorious news,
It filled my heart with joy,
And quickly to my pen I sprang,
As though I were a boy.
It filled my heart with joy,
And quickly to my pen I sprang,
As though I were a boy.
Indeed it did remove all doubt,
And filled my heart with pleasure,
And now I write regardless of
My rhythm or my measure.
And filled my heart with pleasure,
And now I write regardless of
My rhythm or my measure.
I must confess in words of truth,
I found myself in danger,
And when I came within your court,
I felt as would a stranger.
I found myself in danger,
And when I came within your court,
I felt as would a stranger.
I listened long to hear your call—
In this way long was waiting;
But soon I heard a shepherd's voice,
And with him lambs were bleating.
In this way long was waiting;
But soon I heard a shepherd's voice,
And with him lambs were bleating.
I thought, perhaps, it was my chance,
Perhaps it was a warning,
Perhaps I would not live to see
The light of day when dawning.
Perhaps it was a warning,
Perhaps I would not live to see
The light of day when dawning.
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And, too, the road on which I trod,
Was dark and much descending,
And all I met within that way,
Were quarrelling and contending.
Was dark and much descending,
And all I met within that way,
Were quarrelling and contending.
And oft I tried to bow and pray—
To pray I was not able;
For all my supplications were
As but an empty fable.
To pray I was not able;
For all my supplications were
As but an empty fable.
I gladly did embrace this chance,
And quickly came to Jesus;
When I remembered that there was
A God that ever sees us.
And quickly came to Jesus;
When I remembered that there was
A God that ever sees us.
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