Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
THE CONFLICT, OR CONQUEST OVER THE CONQUEROR. |
Occasional verse, moral and sacred | ||
THE CONFLICT, OR CONQUEST OVER THE CONQUEROR.
Gen. xxxii. 24.
I
I would, if wishing would but do,Be all thou bid'st me be:
Yet what but shades do I pursue,
Till sight discovers thee?
II
Till with my arms of faith I canCommand the rising scale;
And wrestling both with god and man,
O'er god and man prevail.
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III
Till, jacob like, I hold Thee fast,Nor let the Wrestler go;
But wrestling till the night is past,
Myself the Conqueror know.
IV
O might I then with jacob meet,With jacob wrestle on,
Till falls the Conqueror at my feet,
And owns Himself outdone!
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