Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HYMN: FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, by REGINALD HEBER


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HYMN: FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Creator of the rolling flood!
Last Line: And rise, o lord! And follow thee!
Subject(s): God


CREATOR of the rolling flood!
On whom Thy people hope alone;
Who cam'st by water and by blood,
For man's offences to atone:

Who from the labours of the deep
Didst set Thy servant Peter free,
To feed on earth Thy chosen sheep,
And build an endless church to Thee.

Grant us, devoid of worldly care,
And leaning on Thy bounteous hand,
To seek Thy help in humble prayer,
And on Thy sacred rock to stand:

And when, our livelong toil to crown,
Thy call shall set the spirit free,
To cast with joy our burthen down,
And rise, O Lord! and follow Thee!





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