Poems (Coolidge)/"Unto Me"
"UNTO ME"
I am an hungered; yearnings fill my soul;
Hast thou no crust to give my bitter need?
Under whose banner didst thou once enroll?
'Tis for His sake I plead.
Hast thou no crust to give my bitter need?
Under whose banner didst thou once enroll?
'Tis for His sake I plead.
Athirst am I! do not the cup withhold,—
But give it me, I pray, o'erflowing still
And say, "Oh! wanderer from the Shepherd's fold,
For His dear sake, I will."
But give it me, I pray, o'erflowing still
And say, "Oh! wanderer from the Shepherd's fold,
For His dear sake, I will."
Upon thy threshold speak the kindly word;
A stranger knocks,—show him an open door;
By One thy tone of welcome shall be heard;
For His sake I implore.
A stranger knocks,—show him an open door;
By One thy tone of welcome shall be heard;
For His sake I implore.
Oh! let the garment of thy love enfold,
And by thy pity all my suffering share;
For One has loved thee with a love untold:
"For His sake." is my prayer.
And by thy pity all my suffering share;
For One has loved thee with a love untold:
"For His sake." is my prayer.
In prison! yet, to me in mercy come,—
For by thy love shall fetters loosened be;
So shalt thou hear in tender welcome home,
"Ye did it unto me."
For by thy love shall fetters loosened be;
So shalt thou hear in tender welcome home,
"Ye did it unto me."