06.05.2012, 11:39
In Hell
HE took me from some fair forgotten place
And set me down bewildered on the Earth,
He caged me with the bars of Time and Space,
Who ne'er before of scope divine had dearth;
He gave me hunger, yet not gave me food,
A faithful friend, whom soon He reft away,
An evil heart, yet bade me seek the good,
Nor heard my prayers, Who taught me how to pray;
He mocked the eager soul with blind desires,
And tore the heart with uncontented love
He bade me walk through unavailing fires
And sank to Hell who sought to rise above;
Yet in the Place of Anguish, faithful still,
I bless the pangs that work His righteous will.
HE took me from some fair forgotten place
And set me down bewildered on the Earth,
He caged me with the bars of Time and Space,
Who ne'er before of scope divine had dearth;
He gave me hunger, yet not gave me food,
A faithful friend, whom soon He reft away,
An evil heart, yet bade me seek the good,
Nor heard my prayers, Who taught me how to pray;
He mocked the eager soul with blind desires,
And tore the heart with uncontented love
He bade me walk through unavailing fires
And sank to Hell who sought to rise above;
Yet in the Place of Anguish, faithful still,
I bless the pangs that work His righteous will.