BECAUSE I seek thee not, oh seek Thou me! Because my lips are dumb, oh hear the cry I do not utter as Thou passest by, And from my life-long bondage set me free! Because content I perish, far from Thee, Oh seize me, snatch me from my fate, and try My soul in Thy consuming fire! Draw nigh And let me, blinded, Thy salvation see. If I were pouring at Thy feet my tears, If I were clamoring to see Thy face, I should not need Thee, Lord, as now I need, Whose dumb, dead soul knows neither hopes nor fears, Nor dreads the outer darkness of this place -- Because I seek not, pray not, give Thou heed! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE WHEEL OF BEING II by HAYDEN CARRUTH ITALIAN PICTURES: COSTA MAGIC by MINA LOY PALABRAS CARINOSAS (SPANISH AIR) by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH EILEEN AROON by GERALD JOSEPH GRIFFIN A SPINNING SONG by JOHN FRANCIS O'DONNELL |