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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO GOD THE FATHER, by HENRY CONSTABLE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Great god: within whose simple essence, we Last Line: That it the temple of the spirit may prove. Subject(s): God | |||
Great God: within whose simple essence, we Nothing but that which is Thy Self can find; When on Thyself Thou didst reflect Thy mind Thy thought was God, which took the form of Thee; And when this God, thus born, Thou lov'st, and He Loved Thee again, with passion of like kind, As lovers' sighs which meet become one mind, Both breathed one Spirit of equal deity. Eternal Father, whence these two do come And wil'st the title of my father have, An heavenly knowledge in my mind engrave, That it Thy Son's true Image may become: Incense my heart with sighs of holy Love, That it the temple of the Spirit may prove. | 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 TO OUR BLESSED LADY (1) by HENRY CONSTABLE |
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