IN Life's Red Sea with faith I plant my feet, And wait the sound of that sustaining word Which long ago the men of Israel heard, When Pharaoh's host behind them, fierce and fleet, Raged on, consuming with revengeful heat. Why are the barrier waters still unstirred? -- That struggling faith may die of hope deferred? Is God not sitting in His ancient seat? The billows swirl above my trembling limbs, And almost chill my anxious heart to doubt And disbelief, long conquered and defied. But tho' the music of my hopeful hymns Is drowned by curses of the raging rout, No voice yet bids th' opposing waves divide! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE YARN OF THE 'NANCY BELL' by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT WHAT THE THRUSH SAID by JOHN KEATS COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR LOVE'S PHANTOM by MATHILDE BLIND THE CITY [OF THE DEAD]. by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE MANCIPLE'S PROLOGUE by GEOFFREY CHAUCER VELVETS BY A BED OF PANSIES by HILDA CONKLING THE SEPARATION by CHARLES COTTON EPITAPH ON MISS GEE, WHO DIED OCTOBER 25, 1736 by NATHANIEL COTTON |