FRIENDS, I commend to you the narrow way: Not because I, please God, will walk therein, But rather for the Love Feast of that day, The exceeding prize which whoso will may win. Earth is half spent and rotting at the core, Here hollow death's heads mock us with a grin, Here heartiest laughter leaves us tired and sore. Men heap up pleasures and enlarge desire, Outlive desire, and famished evermore Consume themselves within the undying fire. Yet not for this God made us: not for this Christ sought us far and near to draw us nigher, Sought us and found and paid our penalties. If one could answer 'Nay' to God's command, Who shall say 'Nay' when Christ pleads all He is For us, and holds us with a wounded Hand? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SESTINA OF THE TRAMP ROYAL by RUDYARD KIPLING MR. FLOOD'S PARTY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON DE RERUM NATURA: BOOK 3. AGAINST THE FEAR OF DEATH by TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS by JOANNA BAILLIE EPITAPH ON TWO YOUNG MEN NAMED LEITCH IN CROSSING THE RIVER SOUTHESK by JAMES BEATTIE THE IVORY GATE; AN UNFINISHED DRAFT by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |