Poems (Linn)/Hymn
For works with similar titles, see Hymn.
HYMN.
O LORD hear Thou the cry of pain!
The world is wide, so long the way!
Thy children's hearts are big with grief,
They cannot stop their tears to pray.
The world is wide, so long the way!
Thy children's hearts are big with grief,
They cannot stop their tears to pray.
In weary darkness, trembling gloom,
When tempests lower and waves are wild,
Speak to the heart that turns to Thee,
"Be brave, fear not my child."
When tempests lower and waves are wild,
Speak to the heart that turns to Thee,
"Be brave, fear not my child."
Oh, eyes that see and ears that hear!
That need no words of prayer to know
The deepness of the spirit's grief,
The barren wastes of want and woe.
That need no words of prayer to know
The deepness of the spirit's grief,
The barren wastes of want and woe.
Oh, eyes that see, and ears that hear!
However far Thy children stray,
Thy love can follow into hell,
And win the soul away.
However far Thy children stray,
Thy love can follow into hell,
And win the soul away.