Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUPPLICATION (2), by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O thou, who all my life hast crowned Last Line: To be renewed in thee. Subject(s): God | ||||||||
O THOU, who all my life hast crowned With better things than I could ask, Be it to-day my humble task To own from depths of grief profound, The many sins, which darken through What little good I do. I have been too much used, I own, To tell my needs in fretful words; The clamoring of the silly birds, Impatient till their wings be grown, Have thy forgiveness. O my blessed Lord, The like to me accord. Of grace, as much as will complete Thy will in me, I pray thee for; Even as a rose shut in a drawer That maketh all about it sweet, I would be, rather than the cedar fine: Help me, thou Power divine. With charity fill thou my heart, As summer fills the grass with dews, And as th' year itself renews In th' sun, when winter days depart, Blessed forever, grant thou me To be renewed in thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS A SPINSTER'S STINT by ALICE CARY |
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