Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO KING CHARLES AND QUEEN MARY FOR LOSS OF THEIR FIRST-BORN, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who dares deny, that all first fruits are due Last Line: Cannot but heap that grace, he will require. Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | ||||||||
Who dares deny, that all first fruits are due To God, denies the God-head to be true: Who doubts, those fruits God can with gain restore, Doth, by his doubt, distrust his promise more. He can, he will, and with large interest pay, What (at his liking) he will take away. Then royal Charles, and Mary, do not grutch That the Almighty's will to you is such: But thank his greatness, and his goodness too; And think all still the best, that he will do. That thought shall make, he will this loss supply With a long, large, and blessed posterity! For God, whose essence is so infinite, Cannot but heap that grace, he will require. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON |
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