O LORD and Christ, Thy Children of the South So shudder, when they see The two-edged sword sharp-issuing from Thy mouth, As to fall back from Thee, And cling to charms of man, or heathen rite To aid them against Thee, Thou Fount of love and light! But I before Thine awful eyes will go And firmly fix me there, In my full shame; not bent my doom to know, Not fainting wth despair; Not fearing less than they, but deeming sure, If e'en Thy Name shall fail, nought my base heart can cure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE THREE PHILOSOPHICAL POETS by GEORGE SANTAYANA A PROBLEM IN AESTHETICS by KAREN SWENSON FAREWELL TO FARGO: SELLING THE HOUSE by KAREN SWENSON ON A PORTRAIT OF WORDSWORTH BY B.R. HAYDON by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SONNET, WRITTEN IN JANUARY 1817 by JOHN KEATS ANACTORIA by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE NIGHT AND MORNING SONGS: 14. RING-DOVE SONG by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |