Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PSALM IN THE NIGHT, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: The night is long, but long thy mercies are
Last Line: And all his nights, and all his days, are fair.
Subject(s): God


The night is long, but long Thy mercies are;
The night is dark, but oh, Thy face is bright!
Through heavy clouds Thy love breaks like a star,
And lays a benediction on the night.

The weary watches lose their weariness
As I take thought -- too tardy thought -- of Thee,
And all the dreary burdens that oppress,
Thy pity lifts, and leaves my spirit free.

How good Thou art, unutterably kind!
How patient, endless patient with Thy child!
And I to all Thy loveliness how blind,
Against Thy waiting pureness how defiled!

Amid these friendly darknesses I creep
Ashamed and worn to Thine enfolding arms;
Thy pardon gathers round me like a sleep,
Thy tender broodings comfort my alarms.

The day is coming. What it coldly brings
I know not, and no longer do I care.
Deep in my heart my Father's blessing sings,
And all His nights, and all His days, are fair.





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