Let me Lean Hard

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

5 November 1850 to 30 October 1919 (~69)

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And found it not. I will be strong, said I,

I thought my strength enough for any fate,

Which speeds the solar systems on their course

I said I will walk on, I fear no harm,

Let me lean harder yet. That swerveless force

Let me lean hard upon the Eternal Breast:

But now the heights to which I most aspire

The spark divine within my soul will show

And lean upon myself. I will not cry

Let me lean hard.

But lo! I sink beneath my sorrow's weight:

And importune all heaven with my complaint.

The upward pathway where my feet should go.

Let me lean hard.

Can take, unfelt, the burden of my woe,

Let me lean hard upon the unfailing Arm.

Which bears me to the dust and hurts me so.

Are lost in clouds. I stumble and I tire:

Let me lean hard.

But now my strength fails, and I fall, I faint:

In all earth's devious ways I sought for rest

Stanza 1

Let me lean hard upon the Eternal Breast:

In all earth's devious ways I sought for rest

And found it not. I will be strong, said I,

And lean upon myself. I will not cry

And importune all heaven with my complaint.

But now my strength fails, and I fall, I faint:

Let me lean hard.

Stanza 2

Let me lean hard upon the unfailing Arm.

I said I will walk on, I fear no harm,

The spark divine within my soul will show

The upward pathway where my feet should go.

But now the heights to which I most aspire

Are lost in clouds. I stumble and I tire:

Let me lean hard.

Stanza 3

Let me lean harder yet. That swerveless force

Which speeds the solar systems on their course

Can take, unfelt, the burden of my woe,

Which bears me to the dust and hurts me so.

I thought my strength enough for any fate,

But lo! I sink beneath my sorrow's weight:

Let me lean hard.

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Let me Lean Hard

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