Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A LANCASHIRE DOXOLOGY, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK


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A LANCASHIRE DOXOLOGY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Praise god from whom all blessings flown'
Last Line: For he who loveth knoweth god.
Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria
Subject(s): Cotton; Worship


"PRAISE God from whom all blessings flow,"
Praise him who sendeth joy and woe.
The Lord who takes, the Lord who gives,
O, praise him, all that dies, and lives.
He opens and he shuts his hand,
But why we cannot understand:
Pours and dries up his mercies' flood,
And yet is still All-perfect Good.
We fathom not the mighty plan,
The mystery of God and man;
We women, when afflictions come,
We only suffer and are dumb.
And when, the tempest passing by,
He gleams out, sunlike through our sky,
We look up, and through black clouds riven
We recognize the smile of Heaven.
Ours is no wisdom of the wise,
We have no deep philosophies;
Childlike we take both kiss and rod,
For he who loveth knoweth God.




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