The Poems of William Cowper Author:William Cowper General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: Methuen and Co. Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR r... more »eprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: " Ye no more your suns descending, Waning moons no more shall see; But, your griefs for ever ending, Find eternal noon in me : God shall rise, and shining o'er ye, Change to day the gloom of night; He, the Lord, shall be your glory, God your everlasting light." XI. Jehovah Our Righteousness Jtr. xxiii. 6 My God, how perfect are thy ways ! But mine polluted are ; Sin twines itself about my praise, And slides into my prayer. When I would speak what thou hast done To save me from my sin, I cannot make thy mercies known, But self-applause creeps in. Divine desire, that holy flame Thy grace creates in me ; Alas ! impatience is its name, When it returns to thee. This heart, a fountain of vile thoughts, How does it overflow, While self upon the surface floats, Still bubbling from below ! Let others in the gaudy dress Of fancied merit shine ; The Lord shall be my righteousness, The Lord for ever mine. XII. Ephraim Repenting Jer. xxxi. 18-20 My God, till I received thy stroke, How like a beast was I ! So unaccustomed to the yoke, So back-ward to comply. With grief my just reproach I bear; Shame fills me at the thought, How frequent my rebellions were, What wickedness I wrought. Thy merciful restraint I scorned, And left the pleasant road ; Yet turn me, and I shall be turned ! Thou art the Lord my God. " Is Ephraim banishe...« less