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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ACCEPTATION, by WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK MAGEE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Establish in some better way Last Line: And grief alone is near to god. Alternate Author Name(s): Eglinton, John | |||
ESTABLISH in some better way My life, thou Godhead! that I may Know whether it as virtue ranks To scorn Thy gifts, or give Thee thanks. For now I feel Thee near, unsought. But why, when I seemed worth Thy thought, High-soul'd, impatient for a task -- Why not have called me then, I ask? No mountings of the spirit please; Thou dost accept our dregs and lees; The wise are they that feel Thy rod, And grief alone is near to God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WINDS by WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK MAGEE NOTES FOR THE FIRST LINE OF A SPANISH POEM by JAMES GALVIN YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE SAY by JAMES GALVIN LINES WRITTEN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS by MATTHEW ARNOLD A SEA SONG by ALLAN CUNNINGHAM A LINE-STORM SONG by ROBERT FROST TO THE WATER NYMPHS DRINKING AT THE FOUNTAIN by ROBERT HERRICK |
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