Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IF THIS BE ALL, by ANNE BRONTE


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First Line: O god! If this indeed be all
Last Line: My load of misery!
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton
Subject(s): Prayer


O GOD! if this indeed be all
That life can show to me;
If on my aching brow may fall
No freshening dew from Thee;

If with no brighter light than this
The lamp of hope may glow,
And I may only dream of bliss,
And wake to weary woe;

If friendship's solace must decay,
When other joys are gone,
And love must keep so far away,
While I go wandering on, --

Wandering and toiling without gain,
The slave of others' will,
With constant care and frequent pain,
Despised, forgotten still;

Grieving to look on vice and sin,
Yet powerless to quell
The silent current from within,
The outward torrent's swell;

While all the good I would impart,
The feelings I would share,
Are driven backward to my heart,
And turned to wormwood there;

If clouds must ever keep from sight
The glories of the Sun,
And I must suffer Winter's blight,
Ere Summer is begun:

If Life must be so full of care --
Then call me soon to Thee;
Or give me strength enough to bear
My load of misery!





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