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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT ALL THE GOOD WE LOVE, by JOHN DAVIES (1565-1618) Poet Analysis First Line: Although we do not all the good we love, Last Line: Is love that burns, but burns like painted fire. Alternate Author Name(s): Welsh Poet; Davies Of Hereford, John | |||
Although we do not all the good we love, But still, in love, desire to do the same; Nor leave the sins we hate, but hating move Our soul and body's powers their powers to tame; The good we do God takes as done aright, That we desire to do he takes as done; The sin we shun he will with grace requite, And not impute the sin we seek to shun. But good desires produce no worser deeds, For God doth both together lightly give, Because he knows a righteous man must needs By faith, that works by love, forever live. Then to do nought but only in desire Is love that burns, but burns like painted fire. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOME BLAZE THE PRECIOUS BEAUTIES OF THEIR LOVES by JOHN DAVIES (1565-1618) BUTTERED PIPPIN-PIES by JOHN DAVIES (1565-1618) IN WALKED BUD WITH A PALETTE by CLARENCE MAJOR EFFIGY OF A NUN (SIXTEENTH CENTURY) by SARA TEASDALE EPISTLE TO JAMES SMITH by ROBERT BURNS OVERLOOKING THE RIVER STOUR by THOMAS HARDY WHERE SHALL THE BABY'S DIMPLE BE? by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND IMPROMPTU LINES ON JULY FOURTH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS LOOKING FORWARD by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA A CLEAR NIGHT by KARLE WILSON BAKER |
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