Acts 9:9: Three days he groans deprived of sight

Three days he groans deprived of sight,
And struggling in the Spirit's throes!
The'shade of that exterior night
The blindness of his nature shows,
The state his soul had long been in.
The night of unbelief within.

Three days he bears the' Egyptian load
To' impress him with a deeper sense
Of Christ the persecuted God,
Arm'd with Divine omnipotence
His thoughts from outward things to' avert
And turn them on his wretched heart.