Religion
The North Transept: The Psalms XIII
From The Cathedral (1838; ed. W. Benham, 1889)
Religion
How shall we learn in this our fleeting breath
The scale and measure of mortality,
Save communing with Thy life-giving death,
With stern bereavement's haggard family
Thy sole attendants ? How else learn to die,
Or how to live ? How else our strength discern,
Our true desert, our price, our misery,
Our happiness — how else our Maker learn,
The depth, the breadth, the height of Mercy's bounteous urn ?
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Williams, Isaac. “The North Transept: The Psalms XIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/williams_isaac/70/.
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