Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ECHO IN A CHURCH, by EDWARD HERBERT


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First Line: Where shall my troubled soul at large
Last Line: Echo. I am.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord
Subject(s): Churches; Cathedrals


WHERE shall my troubled soul at large
Discharge
The burden of her sins, oh where?
Echo. Here.

Whence comes this voice I hear?
Who doth this grace afford?
If it be thou, O Lord,
Say if thou hear my prayers when I call.
Echo. All.
And wilt thou pity grant when I do cry?
Echo. Ay

Then though I fall,
Thy grace will my defects supply,
But who will keep my soul from ill,
Quench bad desires, reform my will?
Echo. I will.

Oh may that will and voice be blest,
Which yields such comforts unto one distress'd,
More blessed yet, wouldst thou thyself unmask,
Or tell, at least, who undertakes this task.
Echo. Ask.

Then quickly speak,
Since now with crying I am grown so weak
I shall want force even to crave thy name;
O speak before I wholly weary am.
Echo. I am.





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