Poems

Lord, Let Me Not Thy Courts Depart Lord, let me not thy courts depart, Nor quit thy mercy-seat, Before I feel thee in my heart, And […]

Lord, Save Us, We Perish Pilot of the soul, awake, Save us for thy mercies’ sake; Now rebuke the angry deep, Save, O save thy sinking […]

On War Great God, whom heav’n, and earth, and sea. With all their countless hosts, obey, Upheld by whom the nations stand, And empires fall at […]

Refining Fuller, Make Me Clean Refining Fuller, make me clean, On me thy costly pearl bestow: Thou art thyself the pearl I prize, The only joy […]

Rock of Ages Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee! Let the Water and the Blood, From thy riven Side which […]

There Is Mercy With Thee Lord, should’st thou weigh my righteousness Or mark what I have done amiss, How should thy servant stand? Tho’ others might, […]

What Though I Cannot Break My Chain What though I cannot break my chain Or e’er throw off my load, The things impossible to men Are […]

Your Harps, Ye Trembling Saints Your harps, ye trembling saints, Down from the willows take; Loud to the praise of love divine Bid every string awake. […]

Kind and True ‘Tis not how witty nor how free, Nor yet how beautiful she be, But how much kind and true to me. Freedom and […]

“When Burbadge Played” WhenN Burbadge played, the stage was bare Of fount and temple, tower and stair; Two backswords eked a battle out; Two supers made […]