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A PENITENT'S PLEA, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Like a child that is lost
Last Line: And give me thy peace!
Subject(s): Repentance; Penitence


LIKE a child that is lost
From its home in the night,
I grope through the darkness
And cry for the light;
Yea, all that is in me
Cries out for the day --
Come Jesus, my Master,
Illumine my way!

In the conflicts that pass
'Twixt my soul and my God,
I walk as one walketh
A fire-path, unshod;
And in my despairing
Sit dumb by the way --
Come Jesus, my Master,
And heal me, I pray!

I know the fierce flames
Will not cease to uproll,
Till thou rainest the dew
Of thy love on my soul;
And I know the dumb spirit
Will never depart,
Till thou comest and makest
Thy house in my heart.

My thoughts lie within me
As waste as the sands;
Oh make them be musical
Strings in thy hands!
My sins, red as scarlet,
Wash white as a fleece --
Come Jesus, my Master,
And give me thy peace!





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