Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By Richard Chenevix Trench (18071886)Not thou from us, O Lord, but we
NOT Thou from us, O Lord, but we | |
Withdraw ourselves from Thee. | |
When we are dark and dead, | |
And Thou art covered with a cloud | |
Hanging before Thee, like a shroud, | 5 |
So that our prayer can find no way, | |
Oh! teach us that we do not say, | |
“Where is Thy brightness fled?” | |
But that we search and try | |
What in ourselves has wrought this blame, | 10 |
For thou remainest still the same, | |
But earth’s own vapours earth may fill | |
With darkness and thick clouds, while still | |
The sun is in the sky. | |