Poems by Watie W. Swanzy

Live within my heart, O Lord!
Dwell with me, I pray;
Guide my every thought and word,
Neve...

After the turmoil and heat of the day,
Comes calmly then the evening's sweet repose, --
Comes ...

The sturdy farmer awakes at morn
His laggard boys with a blast from the horn,
That aroused the...

Oh, well I love thee, Florence! All thy towers
As seen from Colli's height are nought to me
B...

Amid Gethsemane's deep shade,
Where Kedron's turbid waters strayed,
Just when the day's last ...

God of mercy hear me now!
Place thy seal upon my brow;
Take and keep my wayward heart,
Bid i...

"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." --Luke xxi. 33. Could wor...

Sweet inspiring hope, whose mild beam
Shines far beyond this darksome stream
Of time, where s...

Near the city of Jericho,
Just where the crowds pass to and fro,
Beneath the hot sun's scorch...

Thy towering peaks, O mighty Alps! Arise
From out the deepening shadows of the past
Like sunli...

Before thy throne we bow the knee,
Waiting, yes, waiting, Lord, for thee.
Oh, let thy pre...