I will not ask Thee for the grace I need so much: I only look upon Thy face, Thy cross I touch. I will not stop to tell my sin, My failures name, Or cast a further glance within Upon my shame. I will not stay to plead Thy word Or urge my woe, Or ask a sign that Thou hast heard And wilt bestow. I do not seek to break my chain Endured so long, Or gauge the might of Satan's reign, His hold how strong. I praise Thee for the gift received Before I ask, And with the word, "I have believed," I take my task. I will forget the past abhorred, To faith be true, And only ask, "What wilt Thou, Lord, That I shall do?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRYSTAL GAZER by SARA TEASDALE THE HEART OF THE BRUCE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR NEW PRINCE, NEW POMP by ROBERT SOUTHWELL I COME SINGING by JOSEPH AUSLANDER |