Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLNEY HYMNS: 33. THE WAITING SOUL, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Breathe from the gentle south, o lord Last Line: The lord shall find him there. | ||||||||
BREATHE from the gentle south, O Lord, And cheer me from the north; Blow on the treasures of thy word, And call the spices forth! I wish, thou know'st, to be resigned, And wait with patient hope; But hope delayed fatigues the mind, And drinks the spirit up. Help me to reach the distant goal; Confirm my feeble knee; Pity the sickness of a soul That faints for love of thee! Cold as I feel this heart of mine, Yet, since I feel it so, It yields some hope of life divine Within, however low: I seem forsaken and alone, I hear the lion roar; And every door is shut but one, And that is Mercy's door. There, till the dear Deliverer come, I'll wait with humble prayer; And when he calls his exile home, The Lord shall find him there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (NOW LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE [OUT OF NORFOLK] by WILLIAM COWPER |
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