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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAYER IN SORROW, by FREDERICK LUCIAN HOSMER Poet's Biography First Line: Father, to thee we look in all our sorrow Last Line: Where now he plougheth, wave with golden grain. Subject(s): Immortality; Prayer | |||
Father, to Thee we look in all our sorrow, Thou art the fountain whence our healing flows; Dark though the night, joy cometh with the morrow; Safely they rest who in Thy love repose. When fond hopes fail and skies are dark before us, When the vain cares that vex our life increase— Comes with its calm the thought that Thou art o'er us, And we grow quiet, folded in Thy peace. Naught shall affright us on thy goodness leaning, Low in the heart Faith singeth still her song; Chastened by pain, we learn life's deepest meaning, And in our weakness Thou dost make us strong. Patient, O heart, though heavy be thy sorrows! Be not cast down, disquieted in vain; Yet shalt thou praise Him when these darkened furrows, Where now He plougheth, wave with golden grain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY OUR COUNTRY by FREDERICK LUCIAN HOSMER THE INDWELLING GOD by FREDERICK LUCIAN HOSMER VANQUISHED; ON THE DEATH OF GENERAL GRANT by FRANCIS FISHER BROWNE |
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