THE way is long and dreary, The path is bleak and bare; Our feet are worn and weary, But we will not despair: More heavy was Thy burden, More desolate Thy way; -- O Lamb of God who takest The sin of the world away, @3Have mercy on us.@1 The snows lie thick around us In the dark and gloomy night; And the tempest wails above us, And the stars have hid their light; But blacker was the darkness Round Calvary's Cross that day; -- O Lamb of God who takest The sin of the world away, @3Have mercy on us.@1 Our hearts are faint with sorrow, Heavy and hard to bear; For we dread the bitter morrow, But we will not despair: Thou knowest all our anguish, And Thou wilt bid it cease, -- O Lamb of God who takest The sin of the world away, @3Give us Thy Peace!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANCHORED TO THE INFINITE by EDWIN MARKHAM THE TREE OF SONG by SARA TEASDALE EPISTLE TO JOHN LAPRAIK, AN OLD SCOTTISH BARD by ROBERT BURNS CORIDON'S SONG (IN ISAAK WALTON'S 'COMPLEAT ANGLER') by JOHN CHALKHILL A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1) by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON A CRADLE SONG by PADRAIC COLUM |