Judges vi. 24. JESUS! whose blood so freely streamed To satisfy the law's demand; By thee from guilt and wrath redeemed, Before the Father's face I stand. To reconcile offending man, Make Justice drop her angry rod; What creature could have formed the plan, Or who fulfil it but a God? No drop remains of all the curse, For wretches who deserved the whole; No arrows dipt in wrath to pierce The guilty, but returning soul. Peace by such means so dearly bought, What rebel could have hoped to see? Peace, by his injured Sovereign wrought, His Sovereign fastened to a tree. Now, Lord, thy feeble worm prepare! For strife with earth and hell begins; Confirm and gird me for the war; They hate the soul that hates his sins. Let them in horrid league agree! They may assault, they may distress; But cannot quench thy love to me, Nor rob me of the Lord my peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS OLD SAUGATUCK MILL by GRACE JEWETT AUSTIN INVITING by DANIEL CHAUNCEY BREWER THE LAST OF THE NEW YEAR'S CALLERS by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER APPLE-PARING NIGHT IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 105 by BLISS CARMAN TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE END OF LOVE by EDWARD CARPENTER TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE VOICE OF ONE BLIND by EDWARD CARPENTER |