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Quiet Hours; A Collection of Poems. Second Series
Quiet Hours A Collection of Poems Second Series Author:Mary Wilder Tileston General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1880 Original Publisher: Roberts Brothers Subjects: English poetry American poetry History / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Iris... more »h, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint 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: Lord, be Thou near and cheer my lonely way; With Thy sweet peace my aching bosom fill; Scatter my cares and fears ; my griefs allay ; And be it mine each day To love and please Thee still. My God ! Thou hearest me ; but clouds obscure Even yet Thy perfect radiance, Truth divine ! Oh for the stainless skies, the splendors pure. . The joys that aye endure, Where Thine own glories shine ! From The Frenx'h Of Pierre Corneille. DIVINE LOVE. THOU hidden love of God ! whose height, Whose depth unfathomed, no man knows -- I see from far Thy beauteous light, Inly I sigh for Thy repose. My heart is pained ; nor can it be At rest, till it finds rest in Thee. Thy secret voice invites me still The sweetness of Thy yoke to prove ; And fain I would ; but though my will Seem fixed, yet wide my passions rove; Yet hindrances strew all the way -- I aim at Thee, yet from Thee stray. 'T is mercy all, that thou hast brought My mind to seek her peace in Thee ! Yet while I seek, but find Thee not, No peace my wandering soul shall see. O when shall all my wanderings end, And all my steps to Theeward tend ? Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share ? Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone -- The Lord of every motion there ! Then shall my heart from earth be free, When it ha...« less