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Text:The Son
Author:Jones Very

268. The Son

Father! I wait Thy word. The sun doth stand
Beneath the mingling line of night and day,
A listening servant, waiting Thy command,
To roll rejoicing on its silent way.

The tongue of time abides the appointed hour,
Till on our ear its solemn warnings fall;
The heavy cloud withholds the pelting shower,—
Then, every drop speeds onward at Thy call.

The bird reposes on the yielding bough,
With breast unswollen by the tide of song;—
So does my spirit wait Thy presence now,
To pour Thy praise in quickening life along.

Text Information
First Line: Father! I wait Thy word. The sun doth stand
Title: The Son
Author: Jones Very
Meter: 10s. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1866
Notes: Public Domain.
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