I reach my hand to thee!
Stoop; take my hand in thine;
Lead me where I would be,
Father divine.
I do not even know
The way I want to go,
The way that leads to rest:
But, Thou who knowest me,
Lead where I cannot see,
Thou knowest best.
Toys, worthless, yet desired,
Drew me afar to roam.
Father, I am so tired;
I am come home.
The love I held so cheap
I see, so dear, so deep,
So almost understood.
Life is so cold and wild,
I am thy little child-
I WILL be good.
The Prodigal's Return
E. (edith) Nesbit
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Poem topics: child, home, life, dear, wild, good, deep, cold, reach, divine, tired, cheap, thine, father, love, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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