I was a grovelling creature once, <br />And basely cleaved to earth: <br />I wanted spirit to renounce <br />The clod that gave me birth. <br /> <br />But God hath breathed upon a worm, <br />And sent me from above <br />Wings such as clothe an angel's form, <br />The wings of joy and love. <br /> <br />With these to Pisgah's top I fly <br />And there delighted stand, <br />To view, beneath a shining sky, <br />The spacious promised land. <br /> <br />The Lord of all the vast domain <br />Has promised it to me, <br />The length and breadth of all the plain <br />As far as faith can see. <br /> <br />How glorious is my privilege! <br />To Thee for help I call; <br />I stand upon a mountain's edge, <br />O save me, lest I fall! <br /> <br />Though much exalted in the Lord, <br />My strength is not my own; <br />Then let me tremble at His word, <br />And none shall cast me down.<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lively-hope-and-gracious-fear/
