Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN BONDAGE, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL


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IN BONDAGE, by                    
First Line: Better than I thou, lord dost know
Last Line: And which in wishing, still is wrought.
Subject(s): Worship


Better than I thou Lord dost know
The heart beneath this crust of earth,
The trammels of the fleshly birth,
The clay which crowds and binds us so.

This strong-weak body from my soul
Importunate its will demands;
And scarce the service of my hands
Can its infirmities control.

Thou knowest all the wingéd thought
Which panting, bound, would fly to Thee.
Accept the worship that would be,
And which in wishing, still is wrought.





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