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[Sometimes my heart with hope is filled]
“It is good that a man should both hope
and quietly wait for the salvation of the
Lord.”—Lam. iii. 26.
Sometimes my heart with hope is filled
Full as the summer day with sun,
And eagerly my glebe is tilled,
And strenuous work is done;
Only I fret at all delay,
And fain would haste the expected day
Of fruit, which seemeth far away;
And patience I have none.
Full as the summer day with sun,
And eagerly my glebe is tilled,
And strenuous work is done;
Only I fret at all delay,
And fain would haste the expected day
Of fruit, which seemeth far away;
And patience I have none.
Sometimes with patience slow I plod
Through the long hours, from morn till night,
Complaining not of man or God,
Yet feeling no delight;—
A sodden spirit, bound to cope
With daily toil I may not drop,
But without any heart or hope,
Or any joy or might.
Through the long hours, from morn till night,
Complaining not of man or God,
Yet feeling no delight;—
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With daily toil I may not drop,
But without any heart or hope,
Or any joy or might.
Ah! hope that hath no patient force
Works in the end but stir and fret,
And hopeless patience runs a course
Of deadness and regret;
Oh for a Spirit, strong and free,
Fount of a larger life in me,
That waits and works and hopes to see
The great Salvation yet.
Works in the end but stir and fret,
And hopeless patience runs a course
Of deadness and regret;
Oh for a Spirit, strong and free,
Fount of a larger life in me,
That waits and works and hopes to see
The great Salvation yet.
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