Classic and Contemporary Poetry
O THAT THE SORROWFUL JOY, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poet's Biography First Line: O that the sorrowful joy, that the fears and the tumult of loving Last Line: All that could never be told, god, let me tell it to thee! Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Prayer | ||||||||
O that the sorrowful joy, that the fears and the tumult of loving All could have vent in the one passionate sigh of a prayer! All that my tongue could pronounce, that my eyes and my tears could betoken, All that could never be told, God, let me tell it to Thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY ON A GRAVE AT GRINDELWALD by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS |
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