Go not far from me, O my God, <br />Whom all my times obey; <br />Take from me anything Thou wilt, <br />But go not Thou away, <br />And let the storm that does thy work <br />Deal with me as it may. <br /> <br />On thy compassion I repose <br />In weakness and distress: <br />I will not ask for greater ease, <br />Lest I should love Thee less. <br />Oh, 'tis a blessed thing for me <br />To need thy tenderness. <br /> <br />When I am feeble as a child, <br />And flesh and heart give way, <br />Then on thy everlasting strength <br />With passive trust I stay, <br />And the rough wind becomes a song; <br />The darkness shines like day. <br /> <br />Deep unto deep may call, but I <br />With peaceful heart can say, <br />Thy loving-kindness hath a charge <br />No waves can take away: <br />Then let the storm that speeds me home <br />Deal with me as it may.<br /><br />Anna Laetitia Waring<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/go-not-far-from-me-o-my-god/
