The new minnesinger and other poems By Arran Leigh [i.e. K. H. Bradley and E. E. Cooper] |
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STEDFASTNESS.
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STEDFASTNESS.
Stedfast to me, my God,
Stedfast to me;
O that life's paths I trod
Stedfast to Thee!
Stedfast to me;
O that life's paths I trod
Stedfast to Thee!
Changeless thy loving face,
Still seeking mine;
O that my eyes had grace
Ne'er to shun thine!
Still seeking mine;
O that my eyes had grace
Ne'er to shun thine!
Sure Thou to do thy part,
Certain thy love;
O were this wavering heart
Anchor'd above!
Certain thy love;
O were this wavering heart
Anchor'd above!
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Faithful thy covenant oath,
Faithful to me;
Broken my plighted troth,
Broken to Thee.
Faithful to me;
Broken my plighted troth,
Broken to Thee.
Whom thy strong arm doth hold,
None pluck away,
Yet we will leave its fold,
Yet we will stray.
None pluck away,
Yet we will leave its fold,
Yet we will stray.
Thou who to sinners came,
Sinful am I,
On thy all-healing Name
Helpless I cry.
Sinful am I,
On thy all-healing Name
Helpless I cry.
Lo, to thy cross I come,
Tears blind the way,
And at thine anguish dumb
Mutely I pray.
Tears blind the way,
And at thine anguish dumb
Mutely I pray.
Low-bowed, my shamèd head
Turns now to see
Eyes, whose full purpose shed
Pardon on me.
Turns now to see
Eyes, whose full purpose shed
Pardon on me.
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Lift with thy piercèd hands,
Lift me e'en now;
Draw me with human bands,
Thou, only Thou.
Lift me e'en now;
Draw me with human bands,
Thou, only Thou.
For, by thy heart's outpour'd
Life, I must be
Patient, long-suffering Lord,
Faithful to Thee!
Life, I must be
Patient, long-suffering Lord,
Faithful to Thee!
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