Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HYMN OF THE WILDERNESS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: When temptations throng and press Last Line: Not my will, but thine, be done! Subject(s): Temptation | ||||||||
When temptations throng and press Through a lonely wilderness, In my doubt and deadly fear, Jesus, Saviour, be Thou near: Thou hast all temptation known, All temptations overthrown. The First Temptation: When the sky is brass o'erhead, And I fear for daily bread, With the fullness of Thy peace Bid my fainting folly cease; Though the wilderness is bare, Thou wilt spread a table there. The Second Temptation: When ambitions bid me stray From the strait and narrow way, Thou, the Lord of all the earth, Teach me what is better worth. Show the gain of loving loss, And the glory of the cross. The Third Temptation: When the very work I do Brings a subtle danger too, And I fain would speed alone In a pathway of my own, Then, O self-denying Son, Not my will, but Thine, be done! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I HAVE BEEN A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND' by RITA DOVE ON 'EVE TEMPTED BY THE SERPENT' BY DEFENDENTE FERRARI by ROBERT PINSKY ALL THINGS CAN TEMPT ME by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOUL AND BODY by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE THE NEW SIRENS: A PALINODE by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE LAY OF ST. NICHOLAS by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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