Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DE PROFUNDIS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY


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DE PROFUNDIS, by                    
First Line: Out of the depths
Last Line: Thy charity.
Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


Out of the depths
To Thee, O Lord, I cried,
And Thou my pressing need
Hast ne'er denied.

Thy hand reached down,
The strong right hand of Love,
And lifted me right up
My cares above.

Had I not been
Sunk in the depths of woe,
I ne'er had known how much
To Thee I owe.

And so, although
The depths were very sore,
Through them I know Thee more
Than e'er before.

Out of the depths
My soul can rise to God,
Since He who died for me
This same way trod.

So, for the depths
I still will grateful be,
Since they made known to me
Thy Charity.





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