<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391843" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Refiner's Gold</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He stood before my heart's closed door, <br>And asked to enter in; <br>But I had barred the passage o'er <br>By unbelief and sin. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He came with nail-prints in his hands, <br>To set my spirit free; <br>With wounded feet he trod a path <br>To come and sup with me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He found me poor and brought me gold, <br>The fire of love had tried, <br>And garments whitened by his blood, <br>My wretchedness to hide. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The glare of life had dimmed my eyes, <br>Its glamour was too bright. <br>He came with ointment in his hands <br>To heal my darkened sight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He knew my heart was tempest-tossed, <br>By care and pain oppressed; <br>He whispered to my burdened heart, <br>Come unto me and rest. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He found me weary, faint and worn, <br>On barren mountains cold; <br>With love's constraint he drew me on, <br>To shelter in his fold. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh! foolish heart, how slow wert thou <br>To welcome thy dear guest, <br>To change thy weariness and care <br>For comfort, peace and rest. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Close to his side, oh! may I stay, <br>Just to behold his face, <br>Till I shall wear within my soul <br>The image of his grace. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The grace that changes hearts of stone <br>To tenderness and love, <br>And bids us run with willing feet <br>Unto his courts above.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frances+Ellen+Watkins+Harper">Frances Ellen Watkins Harper</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391843" data-title="The Refiner's Gold de Frances Ellen Watkins Harper" data-description="He stood before my heart's closed door, And asked to enter in; But I had barred the passage o'er By unbelief and sin. He came with nail-prints in his hands, To set my spirit free; With wounded feet he trod a path To come and sup with me. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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