LORD! whose love, in power excelling, Wash'd the leper's stain away, Jesus! from Thy heavenly dwelling, Hear us, help us, when we pray! From the filth of vice and folly, From infuriate passion's rage, Evil thoughts and hopes unholy, Heedless youth and selfish age; From the lusts whose deep pollutions Adam's ancient taint disclose, From the Tempter's dark intrusions, Restless doubt and blind repose; From the miser's cursed treasure, From the drunkard's jest obscene, From the world, its pomp and pleasure, Jesus! Master! make us clean! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DARK MAN by NORA (CHESSON) HOPPER AN INTERVIEW WITH MILES STANDISH by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL INTAGLIOS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH COMPANY COMMANDER by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE CAFE TORTONI ('81) by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE FRATERNAL DUEL by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS |