Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRAYER, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Father in heaven! From whom the simplest flower Last Line: Be as the meek wild-flower's -- if transient, yet not vain. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Prayer; Spring | ||||||||
FATHER in heaven! from whom the simplest flower, On the high Alps or fiery desert thrown, Draws not sweet odour or young life alone, But the deep virtue of an inborn power, To cheer the wanderer in his fainting hour With thoughts of Thee -- to strengthen, to infuse Faith, love, and courage, by the tender hues That speak thy presence! oh, with such a dower Grace Thou my song! -- the precious gift bestow From thy pure Spirit's treasury Divine, To wake one tear of purifying flow, To soften one wrung heart for Thee and thine; So shall the life breathed through the lowly strain Be as the meek wild-flower's -- if transient, yet not vain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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