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Thou Power Supreme! who aiming to rebuke Offenders, dost put off the gracious look, And clothe thyself in terrors, like the flood Of ocean roused into his fiercest mood, Whatever discipline Thy will ordain For the brief course that must for me remain; Teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice In admonitions of thy softest voice! Whate’er the path these mortal feet may trace, Breathe through my soul the blessing of Thy grace; Glad, through a perfect love, a faith sincere, Drawn from the wisdom that begins with fear; Glad to expand, and, for a season, free From finite cares, to rest absorbed in Thee.
Thou Power Supreme! who aiming to rebuke Offenders, dost put off the gracious look, And clothe thyself in terrors, like the flood Of ocean roused into his fiercest mood, Whatever discipline Thy will ordain For the brief course that must for me remain; Teach me with quick-eared spirit to rejoice In admonitions of thy softest voice! Whate’er the path these mortal feet may trace, Breathe through my soul the blessing of Thy grace; Glad, through a perfect love, a faith sincere, Drawn from the wisdom that begins with fear; Glad to expand, and, for a season, free From finite cares, to rest absorbed in Thee.
Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- William Wordsworth
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- Approximate author period: c. 1810 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 13 · printed citation: Wordsworth · subject: ADMONITION
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