Sin! O only fatal woe, That mak'st me sad and mourning go! His kingdom and my soul defile! I never can agree With thee! Thou! Only thou! O thou alone (And my obdurate heart of stone) The poison and the foes Of my enjoyments and repose, The only bitter ill: Dost kill! Oh! I cannot meet with thee, Nor once approach thy memory, But all my joys are dead, And all my sacred treasures fled; As if I now did dwell In hell. Lord! O hear how short I breathe! See how I tremble here beneath! A sin! Its ugly face More terror than its dwelling place Contains (O Dreadful Sin), Within! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE MARTYRED by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CORN-LAW HYMN by EBENEZER ELLIOTT PROMETHEUS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 13 by OMAR KHAYYAM BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON FOUR SONNETS: 2 by FRANK DAVIS ASHBURN THREE SONGS OF LOVE (CHINESE FASHION): 1. THE MANDARIN SPEAKS by WILLIAM A. BEATTY |