<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421562" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Naaman</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Before Elisha's gate<br>The Syrian leper stood;<br>But could not brook to wait,<br>He deemed himself too good:<br>He thought the prophet would attend,<br>And not to him a message send. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Have I this journey come,<br>And will he not be seen?<br>I were as well at home,<br>Would washing make me clean:<br>Why must I wash in Jordan's flood?<br>Damascus' rivers are as good. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus by his foolish pride<br>He almost missed a cure;<br>Howe'er at length he tried,<br>And found the method sure:<br>Soon as his pride was brought to yield,<br>The leprosy was quickly healed. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Leprous and proud as he,<br>To Jesus thus I came,<br>From sin to set me free,<br>When first I heard his fame:<br>Surely, thought I, my pompous train<br>Of vows and tears will notice gain. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My heart devised the way<br>Which I supposed he'd take;<br>And when I found delay,<br>Was ready to go back:<br>Had he some painful task enjoined,<br>I to performance seemed inclined.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Newton">John Newton</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=421562" data-title="Naaman de John Newton" data-description="Before Elisha's gate The Syrian leper stood; But could not brook to wait, He deemed himself too good: He thought the prophet would attend, And not to him a message send. Have I this journey come, And will he not be seen? I were as well at home, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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