Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU', by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU', by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I dare not ask a place in heaven's book
Last Line: This be my prayer, o god, and thy bestowing
Subject(s): Heaven


I dare not ask a place in heaven's book,
Its covers gold and Jewels for its pages,
Where angels with their shining eyes may look
Upon the names of heroes, saints, and sages;
But only the assurance, proudly sweet.
That in some lowly spot my name is written.
Perhaps upon the pavement of the street,
By angel foot and heavenly chariot smitten.

I dare not ask a mansion in the skies,
With springing towers and widening roofs extended.
Ten thousand ecstasies for mind and eyes,
A palace and a home superbly blended;
But only for a room, a little room,
In some remotest hiding-place of heaven.
Where I may meditate my rightful doom,
And Ood*8 dear grace unearned, so freely given.

I dare not ask a place at Thy right hand,
O Majesty ! O Inflnite in glory!
Where John and David, Paul and Peter stand,
And angels and archangels bow before Thee;
But only for a place, the smallest place,
Upon a road where sometimes Thou art going.

That I may wait for glimpses of Thy face, ''"
This be my prayer, O God, and Thy bestowing!





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