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First Line: Thou, under satan's fierce control
Last Line: Thou, god of love, hast made them all.
Subject(s): God


THOU, under Satan's fierce control,
Shall Heaven its final rest bestow?
I know not, but I know a soul
That might have fallen as darkly low.

I judge thee not, what depths of ill
Soe'er thy feet have found, or trod;
I know a spirit and a will
As weak, but for the grace of God.

Shalt thou with full-day laborers stand,
Who hardly canst have pruned one vine?
I know not, but I know a hand
With an infirmity like thine.

Shalt thou who hast with scoffers part,
E'er wear the crown the Christian wears?
I know not, but I know a heart
As flinty, but for tears and prayers.

Have mercy, O thou Crucified!
For even while I name thy name,
I know a tongue that might have lied
Like Peter's, and an bowed with shame.

Fighters of good fights, -- just, unjust, --
The weak who faint, the frail who fall, --
Of one blood, of the self-same dust,
Thou, God of love, hast made them all.





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