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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASCRIPTION, by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS Poet's Biography First Line: O thou who hast beneath thy hand Last Line: Whose spirit is the lord of death! Subject(s): Prayer | |||
O THOU who hast beneath Thy hand The dark foundations of the land, -- The motion of whose ordered thought An instant universe hath wrought, -- Who hast within Thine equal heed The rolling sun, the ripening seed, The azure of the speedswell's eye, The vast solemnities of sky, -- Who hear'st no less the feeble note Of one small bird's awakening throat, Than that unnamed, tremendous chord Arcturus sounds before his Lord, -- More sweet to Thee than all acclaim Of storm and ocean, stars and flame, In favor more before Thy face Than pageantry of time and space, The worship and the service be Of him Thou madest most like Thee, -- Who in his nostrils hath Thy breath, Whose spirit is the lord of death! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY BROOKLYN BRIDGE by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS |
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