Poems (Baldwyn)/Lines written on Recovering from Sickness

by Augusta Baldwyn

LINES WRITTEN ON RECOVERING FROM SICKNESS.

To Thee, oh God, I raise the prayer
 Of gratitude and love,
Who bore me up when dark despair
 O'ershadowed all above.

To Thee alone I give the praise
 For my returning strength;
Oh, lead me henceforth in thy ways,
 And to thy heaven at length.

Oh, break the chain of binding sin
 That keeps me from thy love;
And cleanse me from my guilt within,
 And place each hope above.

Permit the light of heavenly grace
 To guard me lest I stray;
While through this lovely earth I trace
 My solitary way.