Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THY WILL BE DONE, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL



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First Line: With quivering heart and trembling will
Last Line: In thee and for thee, all his will.
Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology


WITH quivering heart and trembling will,
The word hath passed thy lips,
Within the shadow, cold and still,
Of some fair joy's eclipse.
"Thy will be done!" Thy God hath heard,
And He will crown that faith-framed word.

Thy prayer shall be fulfilled: but how?
His thoughts are not as thine;
While thou wouldst only weep and bow,
He saith, "Arise and shine!"
Thy thoughts were all of grief and night,
But His of boundless joy and light.

Thy Father reigns supreme above:
The glory of His name
Is Grace and Wisdom, Truth and Love,
His will must be the same.
And thou hast asked all joys in one,
In whispering forth, "Thy will be done."

His will -- each soul to sanctify
Redeeming might hath won;
His will -- that thou shouldst never die,
Believing on His Son;
His will -- that thou, through earthly strife,
Shouldst rise to everlasting life.

That one unchanging song of praise
Should from our hearts arise;
That we should know His wondrous ways,
Though hidden from the wise;
That we, so sinful and so base,
Should know the glory of His grace.

His will -- to grant the yearning prayer
For dear ones far away,
That they His grace and love may share,
And tread His pleasant way;
That in the Father and the Son
All perfect we may be in one.

His will -- the little flock to bring
Into His royal fold,
To reign forever with their King,
His beauty to behold.
Sin's fell dominion crushed for aye,
Sorrow and sighing fled away.

This thou hast asked! And shall the prayer
Float upward on a sigh?
No song were sweet enough to bear
Such glad desires on high!
But God thy Father shall fulfill,
In thee and for thee, all His will.





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