O THOU unknown, Almighty Cause <br />Of all my hope and fear! <br />In whose dread presence, ere an hour, <br />Perhaps I must appear! <br /> <br /> <br />If I have wander'd in those paths <br />Of life I ought to shun, <br />As something, loudly, in my breast, <br />Remonstrates I have done; <br /> <br /> <br />Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me <br />With passions wild and strong; <br />And list'ning to their witching voice <br />Has often led me wrong. <br /> <br /> <br />Where human weakness has come short, <br />Or frailty stept aside, <br />Do Thou, All-Good-for such Thou art— <br />In shades of darkness hide. <br /> <br /> <br />Where with intention I have err'd, <br />No other plea I have, <br />But, Thou art good; and Goodness still <br />Delighteth to forgive.<br /><br />Robert Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-prayer-in-the-prospect-of-death/
