Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By II. The Two Wills (“Oft as I act”)Philip Stanhope Worsley (1831–1866)
O
Comes battle of two Wills within,
This like an infant poor and weak,
That like a Demon strong for sin.
As if a cold spark went and came
That other doth against it drive
Red torrents of devouring flame.
How like a rock His Promise stands—
That Demon to the dust is trod,
Slain by the feeble Infant hands.
That one pale spark of pure desire
Sun-like arises, and behold!
God’s Rainbow in the falls of fire.
I trembled on the brink of Hell:
Into what Paradise am I caught!
What Heavenly anthems round me swell!