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    Religious Poems, Part 2. Part 6 From Volume II of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
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      Religious Poems, Part 2. Part 6 From Volume II of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - John Greenleaf Whittier

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      Title: Religious Poems, Part 2., From Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and Religious Poems Volume II., The Works of Whittier

      Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

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      POEMS OF NATURE

      POEMS SUBJECTIVE AND REMINISCENT

      RELIGIOUS POEMS

      BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

      CONTENTS:

      THE ANSWER THE ETERNAL GOODNESS THE COMMON QUESTION OUR MASTER THE MEETING THE CLEAR VISION DIVINE COMPASSION THE PRAYER-SEEKER THE BREWING OF SOMA A WOMAN THE PRAYER OF AGASSIZ IN QUEST THE FRIEND'S BURIAL A CHRISTMAS CARMEN VESTA CHILD-SONGS THE HEALER THE TWO ANGELS OVERRULED HYMN OF THE DUNKERS GIVING AND TAKING THE VISION OF ECHARD INSCRIPTIONS ON A SUN-DIAL ON A FOUNTAIN THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER BY THEIR WORKS THE WORD THE BOOK REQUIREMENT HELP UTTERANCE ORIENTAL MAXIMS THE INWARD JUDGE LAYING UP TREASURE CONDUCT AN EASTER FLOWER GIFT THE MYSTIC'S CHRISTMAS AT LAST WHAT THE TRAVELLER SAID AT SUNSET THE STORY OF IDA THE LIGHT THAT IS FELT THE TWO LOVES ADJUSTMENT HYMNS OF THE BRAHMO SOMAJ REVELATION

      THE ANSWER.

      Spare me, dread angel of reproof,

      And let the sunshine weave to-day

      Its gold-threads in the warp and woof

      Of life so poor and gray.

      Spare me awhile; the flesh is weak.

      These lingering feet, that fain would stray

      Among the flowers, shall some day seek

      The strait and narrow way.

      Take off thy ever-watchful eye,

      The awe of thy rebuking frown;

      The dullest slave at times must sigh

      To fling his burdens down;

      To drop his galley's straining oar,

      And press, in summer warmth and calm,

      The lap of some enchanted shore

      Of blossom and of balm.

      Grudge not my life its hour of bloom,

      My heart its taste of long desire;

      This day be mine: be those to come

      As duty shall require.

      The deep voice answered to my own,

      Smiting my selfish prayers away;

      "To-morrow is with God alone,

      And man hath but to-day.

      "Say not, thy fond, vain heart within,

      The Father's arm shall still be wide,

      When from these pleasant ways of sin

      Thou turn'st at eventide.

      "'Cast thyself down,' the tempter saith,

      'And angels shall thy feet upbear.'

      He bids thee make a lie of faith,

      And blasphemy of prayer.

      "Though God be good and free be heaven,

      No force divine can love compel;

      And, though the song of sins forgiven

      May sound through lowest hell,

      "The sweet persuasion of His voice

      Respects thy sanctity of will.

      He giveth day: thou hast thy choice

      To walk in darkness still;

      "As one who, turning from the light,

      Watches his own gray shadow fall,

      Doubting, upon his path of night,

      If there be day at all!

      "No word of doom may shut thee out,

      No wind of wrath may downward whirl,

      No swords of fire keep watch about

      The open gates of pearl;

      "A tenderer light than moon or sun,

      Than song of earth a sweeter hymn,

      May shine and sound forever on,

      And thou be deaf and dim.

      "Forever round the Mercy-seat

      The guiding lights of Love shall burn;

      But what if, habit-bound, thy feet

      Shall lack the will to turn?

      "What if thine eye refuse to see,

      Thine ear of Heaven's free welcome fail,

      And thou a willing captive be,

      Thyself thy own dark jail?

      "Oh, doom beyond the saddest guess,

      As the long years of God unroll,

      To make thy dreary selfishness

      The prison of a soul!

      "To doubt the love that fain would break

      The fetters from thy self-bound limb;

      And dream

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