Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JOHANNES MILTON, SENEX, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

JOHANNES MILTON, SENEX, by             Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Since I believe in god the father almighty
Last Line: Confiding always on his excellent greatness.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2)
Subject(s): Milton, John (1608-1674); Worship


SCAZONS

Since I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Man's Maker and Judge, Overruler of Fortune,
'Twere strange should I praise anything and refuse Him praise,
Should love the creature forgetting the Creator,
Nor unto Him in suffering and sorrow turn me:
Nay how could I withdraw me from His embracing?

But since that I have seen not, and cannot know Him,
Nor in my earthly temple apprehend rightly
His wisdom and the heavenly purpose eternal;
Therefore will I be bound to no studied system
Nor argument, nor with delusion enslave me,
Nor seek to please Him in any foolish invention,
Which my spirit within me, that lovely beauty
And hateth evil, hath reproved as unworthy:

But I cherish my freedom in loving service,
Gratefully adoring for delight beyond asking
Or thinking, and in hours of anguish and darkness
Confiding always on His excellent greatness.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net