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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HE WILL GIVE ME POWER, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE First Line: Oh, I am weak; a man am I of clay Last Line: As strong and firm as some great granite tower. Subject(s): Cavaliers | |||
OH, I am weak; a man am I of clay, Who has strange fevers racing in his blood Which drive me panic-like from paths of good; For I am son of sires who plunged in play, Knowing that they, at least, no price should pay; Bold cavaliers who with mad kings have stood In revel till their stock of fatherhood Passed half polluted to the present day. Yet though I 'm bound in chains which will not break, But which shall ever bind me hour by hour, Still have I faith He will in mercy take My hand in His, and give me of His power, And through the stormy years my manhood make As strong and firm as some great granite tower. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CAVALIER TUNES: GIVE A ROUSE THEN FOR THE CLINIC by ROBERT BROWNING CAVALIER TUNES: MARCHING ALONG by ROBERT BROWNING THE OLD SCOTTISH CAVALIER by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN ON LOYALTY IN THE CAVALIERS by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680) THE OLD CAVALIER by FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES DOYLE SIR GAWAIN by JOHN HOOKHAM FRERE CAVALIER SONG: 1642 by EDWARD BLISS REED MELTING OF THE EARL'S PLATE by GEORGE WALTER THORNBURY A MEMORY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |
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