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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLNEY HYMNS: 59. TRUE AND FALSE COMFORTS, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O god, whose favourable eye
Last Line: And none can higher fly.
First Line: O god, whose favourable eye
Last Line: And none can higher fly.
O GOD, whose favourable eye
The sin-sick soul revives,
Holy and heavenly is the joy
Thy shining presence gives.
Not such as hypocrites suppose,
Who with a graceless heart
Taste not of thee, but drink a dose
Prepared by Satan's art.
Intoxicating joys are theirs,
Who while they boast their light,
And seem to soar above the stars,
Are plunging into night.
Lulled in a soft and fatal sleep,
They sin and yet rejoice;
Were they indeed the Saviour's sheep,
Would they not hear his voice?
Be mine the comforts that reclaim
The soul from Satan's power;
That make me blush for what I am,
And hate my sin the more.
'Tis joy enough, my All in All,
At thy dear feet to lie;
Thou wilt not let me lower fall,
And none can higher fly.
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