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 NOT OURS THE VOWS by BERNARD BARTON |
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