English Poetry. Jones Very. Faith. Джонс Вери.

Jones Very (Джонс Вери)

Faith

There is no faith; the mountain stands within
Still unrebuked, its summit reaches heaven;
And every action adds its load of sin,
For every action wants the little leaven;
There is no prayer; it is but empty sound,
That stirs with frequent breath the yielding air,
With every pulse they are more strongly bound,
Who make the blood of goats the voice of prayer;
Oh heal them, heal them, Father, with thy word,—
Their sins cry out to thee from every side;
From son and sire, from slave and master heard,
Their voices fill the desert country wide;
And bid thee hasten to relieve and save,
By him who rose triumphant o'er the grave.

Jones Very’s other poems:

1. The Light from Within
2. To the Hummingbird
3. Nature
4. He Gave Me No Meat
5. To the Fossil Flower

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

George Herbert (Джордж Герберт (Херберт)) Faith (“Lord, how couldst thou so much appease”)

George MacDonald (Джордж Макдональд) Faith (“Earth, if aught should check thy race”)

Dora Sigerson Shorter (Дора Сигерсон Шортер) Faith (“I hear the thrush and blackbird sing”)

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