Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLNEY HYMNS: 37. AFFLICTIONS SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, how I love thy holy word Last Line: Thy chosen saints for ever rest. | ||||||||
OH, how I love thy holy word, Thy gracious covenant, O Lord! It guides me in the peaceful way; I think upon it all the day. What are the mines of shining wealth, The strength of youth, the bloom of health! What are all joys compared with those Thine everlasting Word bestows! Long unafflicted, undismayed, In pleasure's path secure I strayed; Thou madest me feel thy chastening rod, And straight I turned unto my God. What though it pierced my fainting heart, Iblessed thine hand that caused the smart; It taught my tears awhile to flow, But saved me from eternal woe. Oh! hadst thou left me unchastised, Thy precepts I had still despised; And still the snare in secret laid Had my unwary feet betrayed. I love thee, therefore, O my God, And breathe towards thy dear abode; Where, in thy presence fully blest, Thy chosen saints for ever rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (NOW LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE [OUT OF NORFOLK] by WILLIAM COWPER |
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