Oh, how my heart with sin was once waylaid:
Fettered to earthly cares
and woe,
Caught in a dark'ning
shade,
No joys to know—
Dismayed!
But see!
How life within
Me rises up so free,
Answ'ring to Thee, the
Great Amen!
Capture my heart and let
me fly to Thee.
Hast thou not known or
heard about this Lord:
He fainteth not nor ever
tires.
Youths may then fall by sword
Or lay in briars
Ignored.
Yet wait
Upon His Name;
With eagle wings
lightweight,
His praise thy strength shall
then acclaim.
Mount up with joy and fly
to Him so great!
- D. Benning
A small exercise imitating George Herbert's Easter Wings.
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