Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HEAVENWARD CALL, by LUCY LARCOM Poet's Biography First Line: What shall I do, my lord, my god Last Line: A bearer of thy sacred fire! Subject(s): God | ||||||||
WHAT shall I do, my Lord, my God, To make my life worth more to Thee? Within my heart, through earth abroad, Deep voices stir and summon me. Through strange confusions of the time I hear Thy beckoning call resound: There is a pathway more sublime Than yet my laggard feet have found. My coward heart, my flagging feet, They hold me in bewildering gloom: Come Thou my stumbling steps to meet, And lift me unto larger room! The dearest voice may lead astray: Speak Thou! Thy word my guide shall be, Oh, not from life and men away, But through them, with them, up to Thee. It is not much these hands can do: Keep Thou my spirit close to Thine, Till every thought Thy love throbs through, And all my words breathe truth divine! With souls that seek Thy pure abode, Let my unfaltering soul aspire! Make me a radiance on the road; A bearer of Thy sacred fire! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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