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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAYER, by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Be not afraid to pray - to pray is right Last Line: Then pray to god to cast that wish away. Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley | |||
BE not afraid to pray -- to pray is right. Pray, if thou canst, with hope; but ever pray, Though hope be weak, or sick with long delay; Pray in the darkness, if there be no light. Far is the time, remote from human sight, When war and discord on the earth shall cease; Yet every prayer for universal peace Avails the blessed time to expedite. Whate'er is good to wish, ask that of Heaven, Though it be what thou canst not hope to see: Pray to be perfect, though material leaven Forbid the spirit so on earth to be; But if for any wish thou darest not pray, Then pray to God to cast that wish away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE SONNET by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE TO SHAKESPEARE by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE ADDRESS TO CERTAIN GOLD-FISHES by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE DEATH-BED REFLECTIONS OF MICHAEL-ANGELO by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE DEDICATORY SONNET TO S. T. COLERIDGE by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE EARLY DEATH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE FEAR by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE FRIENDSHIP by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE HAGAR by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE |
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