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Wilfred S. Skeats

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I	A
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THE NEW RESOLVE	B
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Last night as I sat in my study	C
And thought o'er my lonely life	D
I was seized with a passionate longing	E
To escape from the weary strife	D
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To flee far away from my fellows	F
And far from the city's roar	G
And seek on the boundless prairie	C
A balm for my burning sore	G
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The sore of the weary spirit	H
The burn of the aching heart	I
Of him who has known true friendship	J
Has known it but only to part	I
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And I said in that hour of anguish	K
I will fly from the haunts of men	L
And seek in the bosom of Nature	M
Relief from my ceaseless pain	N
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As lonely I sat and thus pondered	O
A voice seemed to speak in my ear	P
And the sound of that voice was like music	Q
And its accents were mellow and clear	R
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Weary soul though all men have forsaken	S
Thy God hath remembered thee still	T
The sorrow and pain thou hast suffered	O
Are part of His infinite will	T
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Sorrow not though He call thee to suffer	M
Evade not His righteous decree	C
Be faithful and live uncomplaining	Q
The life He has ordered for thee	C
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For God is thine infinite Father	M
His purpose is all for the best	U
Fight bravely for after the battle	V
He giveth thee comfort and rest	U
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And the sound of that voice was like music	Q
And its accents were mellow and clear	R
No longer I felt I was lonely	C
For I knew that my Father was near	R
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And as I sat silent and pondered	O
My sorrow all vanished away	W
My strength was renewed like the eagle's	X
And I longed for the breaking of day	W
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That again I might join in Life's battle	V
And fight with a strength not my own	Y
Till my foes should be vanquished and scattered	O
My enemies all overthrown	Y
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For thus would I silence all scoffers	X
And show them by deed and by word	O
How strong is the faith of a Christian	S
How mighty the arm of the Lord	Z
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II	A
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THE HIGHER DUTY	C
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I saw the sun He shone in splendour bright	A2
Casting his radiance over dale and hill	T
And all creation joyed to see his light	A2
He shone and thus fulfilled his Master's will	T
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I saw the moon and stars They gave their light	A2
To guide the sailor o'er the trackless sea	C
To show the traveller his path by night	A2
They shone fulfilling all their Lord's decree	C
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I looked to earth and saw the plants and trees	X
Each growing fitly to the pattern made	B2
And yielding proper flowers and fruits And these	X
All grew and thus their Master's will obeyed	B2
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I looked around and saw my fellow men	L
Created by the same Almighty hand	C2
A higher destiny was granted them	D2
To rule the earth obeying His command	C2
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And as I looked the vision grew less bright	A2
And only through the darkness could I see	C
That in their power and God given might	A2
Men ruled fulfilling half their Lord's decree	C
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Here was much chaos and confusion still	T
And here no perfect concord seemed to be	C
Each lived as best accorded with his will	T
Men ruled all heedless of their Lord's decree	C
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And as I looked deep sorrow filled my heart	I
Oh man I cried in God's own image made	B2
Shall sun and moon and trees all do their part	I
And thou alone fall short and retrograde	B2
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Thou greatest of all God's created things	X
Thou ruler by His order of the earth	E2
Shake off thy sin and on aspiring wings	X
Rise and be worthy of thy glorious birth	E2
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I cried and from the darkness forth there came	F2
A voice which said in harsh and mocking tone	Y
Dost thou possess so undefiled a name	F2
Art thou amongst thy fellows good alone	Y
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That thou shouldst vilify thy fellow men	L
Thou art not innocent nor free from guile	G2
Thou too art man Go nor return again	L
Sinful thy fellow sinners to revile	G2
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It ceased But as I turned to join the strife	D
In milder accents spake that voice again	L
An humble heart a pure and useful life	D
And not vain words will raise thy fellow men	L
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III	A
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THE HIDDEN PURPOSE	X
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I was weary and faint with temptation and trial	V
For the prayers I had made had but met with denial	V
And the slow coming doubt which had once hardly found	H2
In my heart a mean place was now strong and profound	H2
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And my soul was in anguish for suffering keen	I2
And intense disappointment too often had been	J2
New prepared for my portion till now as I lay	W
By new sorrow re stung all my faith passed away	W
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Then a curse on my lips rose and darkly I swore	G
That the God who had led me should lead me no more	G
His existence was doubtful but if He should be	C
He had been but a God of vindiction to me	C
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So I vowed that henceforward the path that I trod	K2
Should be chosen by me and not ordered by God	K2
And relief seemed to greet my resolve as I lay	W
All in sleeplessness waiting the breaking of day	W
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But as quiet I lay and thought o'er my decision	S
All my wakefulness passed and I saw in a vision	S
By my side standing closely an Angel of Light	A2
Clothed in shining apparel resplendently bright	A2
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And I lay there all trembling in fear as I lay	W
Till with beckoning finger he led me away	W
Then I rose and went forth in the darkness of night	A2
And still trembling I followed that Angel of Light	A2
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And I followed him on till he paused in his flight	A2
Where a Christian lay sleeplessly passing the night	A2
And I heard him repeat as he lay on his bed	L2
My paths are divided Lord which shall I tread	L2
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And I saw that the one led to glory and fame	F2
While the other fulfilled not his heart cherished aim	F2
But the scales of mortality darkened his eye	A
And the thing I saw plainly he could not descry	G
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Then the Angel breathed o'er him and light seemed to break	Q
O'er his soul and he saw then the path he should take	Q
Then his spirit was eased and sweet sleep o'er him came	F2
For he thought this would lead him to glory and fame	F2
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But I saw that the path he had chosen that day	W
Would lead him from glory and fame far away	W
But I saw too that were he not led in this path	M2
The love of the world would have shaken his faith	N2
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For his pride swelling high in the glory of gain	N
Would have led him from God to things sinful and vain	N
But his trouble would lead him to God now for rest	U
And I saw that the plan of his Maker was best	U
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Then the Angel went forth and I followed him still	T
Thus impelled by the force of his Heavenly will	T
Till he stayed where two lovers stood breathing their vows	X
With the fondness that love and deep passion arouse	X
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Then he put forth his hand and he pointed in wrath	M2
And the fever fiend rose with a horrible laugh	O2
But the man felt him not as he poisoned his blood	P2
And the woman saw nought as still smiling she stood	Q2
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But I knew that that meeting was surely their last	R2
For the shadow of death on the man was now cast	R2
And my heart could but pity the woman whose pain	N
I yet knew would redound to her infinite gain	N
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For deception and falsity deep in the heart	I
Of the man were writ large and there truth had no part	I
And the pain of her mourning was nought when compared	S2
With the agony he would have caused her if spared	S2
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Quickly onward then hasted the Angel of God	K2
And I still followed close in the steps that he trod	K2
And I saw when his flight was arrested again	L
That we stood where an infant lay tossing in pain	N
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And the mother with tear laden eyes kneeling there	G
Sought relief from her trouble in heart broken prayer	G
As she cried unto God in a piteous tone	Y
That He would not deny her the life of her son	S
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And the Angel himself breathed a sorrowful sigh	A
And I thought that a tear glistened bright in his eye	A
As he stretched forth his hand and commanded the soul	T2
Of the child to ascend to its Heavenly goal	T2
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Then I heard a loud cry of distress on the air	G
And I saw the lone mother lie grief stricken there	G
And the tears of compassion flowed fast from my eyes	X
Though I knew that God's action was kindly and wise	X
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For disease on the child had imprinted its stain	N
And his life would have been but a long endured pain	N
Had his Father not early exerted His might	A2
And thus called the young soul to the Kingdom of Light	A2
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Then the scene seemed to melt in the darkness away	W
And again on the couch in my chamber I lay	W
And the Angel of God by my side again stood	Q2
And he gazed on me sadly and said God is good	Q2
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Then I saw him no more but with morn I awoke	Q
And remembered the words that the Angel had spoke	Q
And the scenes of the vision repictured again	L
Passed before me and brought me a balm for my pain	N
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For I knew that my God had not called me in vain	N
To temptation and trial and I would not complain	N
But with gladness I went forth anew to the strife	D
Knowing now that my Father was guiding my life	D