Poetry & Verse
Lively Hope and Gracious Fear
By William CowperSource: William Cowper - PoetryDB (Public Domain)119 words
I was a grovelling creature once, And basely cleaved to earth: I wanted spirit to renounce The clod that gave me birth. But God hath...
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I was a grovelling creature once, And basely cleaved to earth: I wanted spirit to renounce The clod that gave me birth. But God hath breathed upon a worm, And sent me from above Wings such as clothe an angel's form, The wings of joy and love. With these to Pisgah's top I fly And there delighted stand, To view, beneath a shining sky, The spacious promised land.…
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