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COME UNTO ME by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD

Poet Analysis

First Line: COME, SAID JESUS' SACRED VOICE
Last Line: REST, ETERNAL, SACRED, SURE.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;

Come, says Jesus' sacred voice,
Come, and make My paths your choice;
I will guide you to your home;
Weary pilgrim, hither come!

Thou who, houseless, sole, forlorn,
Long hast borne the proud world's scorn,
Long hast roamed this barren waste,
Weary pilgrim, hither haste!

Ye who, tossed on beds of pain,
Seek for ease, but seek in vain;
Ye whose swollen and sleepless eyes
Long to see the morning rise;

Ye, by fiercer anguish torn,
In strong remorse for guilt who mourn,
Here repose your heavy care:
A wounded spirit who can bear?

Sinner, come! for here is found
Balm that flows for every wound,
Peace that ever shall endure,
Rest, eternal, sacred, sure.



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