Better in bitterest agony to lie,
Before Thy throne,
Than through much increase to be lifted up on high,
And stand alone.
Better by one sweet soul, constant and true,
To be beloved,
Than all the kingdoms of delight to trample through,
Unloved, unloved.
Yet best--the need that broke me at Thy feet,
In voiceless prayer,
And cast my chastened heart, a sacrifice complete,
Upon Thy care.
For all the world is nought, and less than nought,
Compared with this,--
That my dear Lord, with His own life, my ransom bought,
And I am His.
Better And Best
William Arthur Dunkerley (john Oxenham)
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Poem topics: alone, heart, life, world, dear, soul, sweet, delight, true, complete, stand, high, constant, prayer, increase, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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