Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLNEY HYMNS: 60. A LIVING AND A DEAD FAITH, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lord receives his highest praise Last Line: Unless that grace has made him free! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed | ||||||||
THE Lord receives his highest praise From humble minds and hearts sincere; While all the loud professor says Offends the righteous Judge's ear. To walk as children of the day, To mark the precepts' holy light, To wage the warfare, watch, and pray, Show who are pleasing in his sight. Not words alone it cost the Lord To purchase pardon for his own; Nor will a soul by grace restored Return the Saviour words alone. With golden bells, the priestly vest, And rich pomegranates bordered round, The need of holiness expressed, And called for fruit as well as sound. Easy indeed it were to reach A mansion in the courts above, If swelling words and fluent speech Might serve instead of faith and love. But none shall gain the blissful place, Or God's unclouded glory see, Who talks of free and sovereign grace, Unless that grace has made him free! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER |
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