Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PILGRIMS, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER


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THE PILGRIMS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The way is long and dreary
Last Line: Give us thy peace!
Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary
Subject(s): Pilgrimages & Pilgrims


THE way is long and dreary,
The path is bleak and bare;
Our feet are worn and weary,
But we will not despair:
More heavy was Thy burden,
More desolate Thy way; --
O Lamb of God who takest
The sin of the world away,
Have mercy on us.

The snows lie thick around us
In the dark and gloomy night;
And the tempest wails above us,
And the stars have hid their light;
But blacker was the darkness
Round Calvary's Cross that day; --
O Lamb of God who takest
The sin of the world away,
Have mercy on us.

Our hearts are faint with sorrow,
Heavy and hard to bear;
For we dread the bitter morrow,
But we will not despair:
Thou knowest all our anguish,
And Thou wilt bid it cease, --
O Lamb of God who takest
The sin of the world away,
Give us Thy Peace!





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