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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXHORTATION, by THOMAS HASTINGS Poet's Biography First Line: Child of sin and sorrow Last Line: In christ confide. | |||
CHILD of sin and sorrow, Filled with dismay, Wait not for to-morrow, Yield thee to-day. Heaven bids thee come While yet there's room: Child of sin and sorrow! Hear and obey. Child of sin and sorrow, Why wilt thou die? Come whilst thou canst borrow Help from on high: Grieve not that love Which from above, Child of sin and sorrow, Would bring thee nigh. Child of sin and sorrow, Thy moments glide Like the flitting arrow, Or the rushing tide; Ere time is o'er, Heaven's grace implore: Child of sin and sorrow, In Christ confide. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW TO BE A POET (TO REMIND MYSELF) by WENDELL BERRY CYNTHIADES: TO CYNTHIA ON CONCEALMENT OF HER BEAUTY by FRANCIS KYNASTON THE DEFENSE OF THE ALAMO [MARCH 6, 1835] by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER THE GARDEN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON RETURNED FROM THE WAR by HENRY ABBEY SONNET: EGYPT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 98. AL-RASCHID by EDWIN ARNOLD LETTER TO B.W. PROCTOR, ESQ., FROM OXFORD; MAY, 1825 by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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