| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Hymns of the Eastern Church (1862).
V. “Art thou weary, art thou languid?” | | By John Mason Neale (1818–1866) |
| | (From “S. Stephen the Sabaite”)
ART thou weary, art thou languid, | |
| Art thou sore distrest? | |
| “Come to Me”—saith One—“and coming, | |
| Be at rest!” | |
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| Hath He marks to lead me to Him, | 5 |
| If He be my Guide? | |
| “In His Feet and Hands are Wound-prints, | |
| And His Side.” | |
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| Is there Diadem, as Monarch, | |
| That His Brow adorns? | 10 |
| “Yea, a Crown in very surety, | |
| But of Thorns!” | |
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| If I find Him, if I follow, | |
| What His guerdon here? | |
| “Many a sorrow, many a labour, | 15 |
| Many a tear.” | |
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| If I still hold closely to Him, | |
| What hath He at last? | |
| “Sorrow vanquish’d, labour ended, | |
| Jordan past!” | 20 |
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| If I ask Him to receive me, | |
| Will He say me nay? | |
| “Not till earth, and not till Heaven | |
| Pass away!” | |
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| Finding, following, keeping, struggling, | 25 |
| Is He sure to bless? | |
| “Angels, Martyrs, Prophets, Virgins, | |
| Answer, Yes!” | | | | |
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