SACRED attention! true effectual pray'r! Thou dost the soul for love of truth prepare. Blest is the man, who, from conjecture free, To future knowledge shall aspire by thee; Who in thy precepts seeks a sure repose, Stays till he sees, nor judges till he knows; Tho' firm, not rash; tho' eager, yet sedate; Intent on truth, can its instruction wait; Aw'd by thy powerful influence to appeal To Heaven, which only can itself reveal; The soul in humble silence to resign, And human will unite to the divine; Till fir'd at length by Heaven's enlivening beams, Pure, unconsum'd, the faithful victim flames. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE PUMPKIN by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE FORSAKEN by C. HAMILTON AIDE BEATRICE by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE THE SEA-BIRD'S SONG by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD WOOING IN A DREAM by NICHOLAS BRETON JERSEY SKIES by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |