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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WORD IN SEASON, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O lord! When sin's close-marshall'd line
Last Line: "and use them as they rise."
First Line: O lord! When sin's close-marshall'd line
Last Line: "and use them as they rise."
O LORD! when sin's close-marshall'd line
Assails Thy witness on his way,
How should he raise Thy glorious sign,
And how Thy truth display?
Thy holy Paul, with soul of flame,
Rose on Mars' hill, a soldier lone;
Shall I thus speak th' Atoning Name,
Though with a heart of stone?
"Not so," He said: "hush thee, and seek,
With thoughts in prayer and watchful eyes,
My seasons sent for thee to speak,
And use them as they rise."
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