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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EVENING PRAYER, by C. MAUDE BATTERSBY First Line: If I have wounded any soul today Last Line: Help me to live. Subject(s): Prayer | |||
If I have wounded any soul today, If I have caused one foot to go astray, If I have walked in my own willful way— Good Lord, forgive! If I have uttered idle words or vain, If I have turned aside from want or pain, Lest I myself should suffer through the strain— Good Lord, forgive! If I have craved for joys that are not mine, If I have let my wayward heart repine, Dwelling on things of earth, not things divine— Good Lord, forgive! If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold, If I have longed for shelter in Thy fold When Thou hast given me some part to hold— Good Lord, forgive! Forgive the sins I have confessed to Thee, Forgive the secret sins I do not see, That which I know not, Father, teach Thou me— Help me to live. | 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 |
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