By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="NOT_MINE" id="NOT_MINE">NOT MINE</SPAN></h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Thy will, Thy way, not mine, O blessed Lord;<br/></span> <span class="i2">My will would choose the smooth and pleasant way,<br/></span> <span class="i2">And that might lead from duty's path astray;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nay, I would walk "according to Thy word,"<br/></span> <span class="i6">Choosing Thy way, not mine.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Thy peace, my gracious Saviour, would I choose,<br/></span> <span class="i2">My peace might lead me man, not God, to please,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Might lure my soul to take its selfish ease,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And, gaining all the world, itself to lose,<br/></span> <span class="i6">Give me Thy peace, not mine.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Thy will, Thy way, Thy peace, Thou knowest best;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Let me but see the guiding of Thine eye,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Let me but know Thy voice, and swift reply<br/></span> <span class="i0">My soul shall make to every know behest,<br/></span> <span class="i6">Doing Thy will, not mine.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />