(Genesis, v.24) <br /> <br />Oh! for a closer walk with God, <br />A calm and heavenly frame; <br />A light to shine upon the road <br />That leads me to the Lamb! <br /> <br />Where is the blessedness I knew <br />When first I saw the Lord? <br />Where is the soul-refershing view <br />Of Jesus and his word? <br /> <br />What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! <br />How sweet their memory still! <br />But they have left an aching void, <br />The world can never fill. <br /> <br />Return, O holy Dove, return! <br />Sweet the messenger of rest! <br />I hate the sins that made thee mourn <br />And drove thee from my breast. <br /> <br />The dearest idol I have known, <br />Whate'er that idol be, <br />Help me to tear it from thy throne, <br />And worship only thee. <br /> <br />So shall my walk be close with God, <br />Calm and serene my frame; <br />So purer light shall mark the road <br />That leads me to the Lamb.<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/walking-with-god/
