Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ATHEISM; THE ONLY GROUND OF DISCONTENT, by JOHN BYROM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If reason does each private person bind Last Line: That none but atheists can be discontent. Subject(s): Atheism | ||||||||
IF reason does each private person bind, To seek the public welfare of mankind; If this be justice, and the sacred law That guards the good, and keeps the bad in awe; If this great law but op'rates to fulfill One vast Almighty Being's righteous will; And if he only, as we all maintain, Does all things rule, and all events ordain; Then reason binds each private man t' assent, That none but atheists can be discontent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: THE VILLAGE ATHEIST by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A BALLAD IN BLANK VERSE by JOHN DAVIDSON THE ATHEIST AND THE ACORN by ANNE FINCH THIRD EPIGRAM: ON AN ATHEIST by ANNE KILLIGREW I AM AN ATHEIST WHO SAYS HIS PRAYERS by KARL SHAPIRO IN OUR OWN IMAGE by THEODORE OLSON ATHEISM: FAITH by ELIZABETH OAKES PRINCE SMITH ATHEISM: REASON by ELIZABETH OAKES PRINCE SMITH A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY (2) by JOHN BYROM |
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