Religion

Rest and Comfort in Christ Alone

by Anne Steele 1717–1778

From Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional (1780)

Religion

Where shall I fly but to thy feet,
My Saviour, my almighty friend?
Dear names, beyond expression sweet!
On these my hopes of Bliss depend.

"Where shall I rest but on thy grace,
Thy boundless grace divinely free?
On earth I find no resting place;
Dear Saviour, bid me come to thee!

Though sin detains me from my Lord,
I long, I languish to be blest:
O speak one soul reviving word,
And bid me come to thee, my resh

When I this wretched heart explore,
Here no kind source of hope appears;
But O my soul, that grace adore,
Free grace, which triumphs o'er my fears,

Jesus, from thy atoning blood,
My only consolation flows;
Hope beams from thee my Saviour God,
My soul no other refuge knows.

MLA

Steele, Anne. “Rest and Comfort in Christ Alone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/steele_anne/276/.

Chicago

Steele, Anne. “Rest and Comfort in Christ Alone.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/steele_anne/276/.

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