Have thou no other gods but me. Unto no image bow thy knee. Take not the name of God in vain. Do not the Sabbath-day profane. Honour thy father, mother too. Take heed that thou no murder do. From whoredom keep thy body clean. Steal not, although thy state be mean. Bear not false witness, shun that blot. What is thy neighbour's covet not. These sacred words, in these ten lines, Are strings of pearls and golden mines: Or heaven transcrib'd, wherein, no doubt, God's mind to man was copied out. Bless God, my soul, that thus hath given, In this thy pilgrimage to heaven, Such light and guidance: but withal, Bless God for Christ, that kept them all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BURNING DAWN by HAYDEN CARRUTH OUR CAMP; IN THE AUTUMN WOODS by ROBERT FROST THE BUTCHER SHOP by DAVID IGNATOW DESIRE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO EMILIE BIGELOW HAPGOOD - PHILANTHROPIST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JAMES GARBER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |