Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHRISTIAN MILITANT, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man prepared against all ills to come Last Line: Him to be here our christian militant. | ||||||||
A man prepar'd against all ills to come, That dares to dead the fire of martirdome: That sleeps at home; and sayling there at ease, Feares not the fierce sedition of the Seas: That's counter-proofe against the Farms mishaps, Undreadfull too of courtly thunderclaps: That weares one face (like heaven) and never showes A change, when Fortune either comes, or goes: That keepes his own strong guard, in the despight Of what can hurt by day, or harme by night: That takes and re-delivers every stroake Of Chance, (as made up all of rock, and oake:) That sighs at others death; smiles at his own Most dire and horrid crucifixion. Who for true glory suffers thus; we grant Him to be here our Christian militant. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE EVE by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS (1) by ROBERT HERRICK CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK COMFORT [TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE] by ROBERT HERRICK |
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