Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INVOCATION, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come down to us, help and heal us Last Line: And deliver us from death. Subject(s): Jesus Christ | ||||||||
COME down to us, help and heal us, Thou that once life's pathway trod, Knowing all its gloom and glory, -- Son of man, and Son of God. Come down to us, help and heal us, When our hopes before us flee; Thou hast been a man of sorrows, Tried and tempted, even as we. By the weakness of our nature, By the burdens of our care, Steady up our fainting courage, -- Save, oh save us from despair! By the still and strong temptation Of consenting hearts within; By the power of outward evil, Save, oh save us from our sin! By the infirm and bowed together, -- By the demons far and near, -- By all sick and sad possessions, Save, oh save us from our fear! From the dim and dreary doubting That with faith a warfare make, Save us, through thy sweet compassion, -- Save us, for thy own name's sake. And when all of life is finished To the last low fainting breath, Meet us in the awful shadows, And deliver us from death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MEDITATION ON SAVIORS by ROBINSON JEFFERS COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK TO A WREN ON CALVARY by LARRY LEVIS THE TRANSFIGURATION by EDWIN MUIR SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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