One Hundred Holy Songs, Carols, and Sacred Ballads Original, and suitable for music [by Jean Ingelow] |
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[All in still heat the waters lie] |
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[All in still heat the waters lie]
“Wilt thou be made whole?”
All in still heat the waters lie,
And one doth watch with faded eye;
But never angel wings are sent
To move them, for him impotent.
And one doth watch with faded eye;
But never angel wings are sent
To move them, for him impotent.
How long? How long? Lo, One at hand,
Untroubled as the pool doth stand;
In power He meets the suffering soul,
Demanding, “Wilt thou be made whole?”
Untroubled as the pool doth stand;
In power He meets the suffering soul,
Demanding, “Wilt thou be made whole?”
Wilt thou, so long time in this case?
Strange words but wondrous is the face;
He will, and straight the blessing won,
He riseth, all his dolour done.
Strange words but wondrous is the face;
He will, and straight the blessing won,
He riseth, all his dolour done.
“Thy lips are full of grace,” O Lord,
Yet Thy words wound as doth a sword;
Not weary watch, nor healing wave,
Nor angel wings, they cry, can save.
Yet Thy words wound as doth a sword;
Not weary watch, nor healing wave,
Nor angel wings, they cry, can save.
Thou showest to man Thy dear intent,
And waitest for his will's consent;
Repeating to the sin-struck soul,
“Wilt thou, poor sufferer, be made whole?”
And waitest for his will's consent;
Repeating to the sin-struck soul,
“Wilt thou, poor sufferer, be made whole?”
Wilt thou? Is mighty Love, thy meed
Only to make me whole? Dost plead
Only to give me all: O still
Help the heart's answer, “Lord, I will.”
Only to make me whole? Dost plead
Only to give me all: O still
Help the heart's answer, “Lord, I will.”
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