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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRISTIAN LOVE, by WILLIAM PETER First Line: Though cowper's zeal, though milton's fire Last Line: Shall still extend her sway. | |||
THOUGH Cowper's zeal, though Milton's fire Inspired my glowing tongue; Though holier raptures woke my lyre, Than ever Seraph sung; Though faith, though knowledge from above Mine ardent labours crown'd; Did I not glow with Christian love, 'T were all but empty sound. Love suffers long; is just, sincere, Forgiving, slow to blame; Friend of the good, she grieves to hear An erring brother's shame. Meek, holy, free from selfish zeal, To generous pity prone, She envies not another's weal, Nor triumphs in her own. No evil, no suspicious thought She harbours in her breast; She tries us by the deeds we've wrought, And still believes the best. Love never fails; though knowledge cease, Though prophecies decay, Love, Christian love, shall still increase, Shall still extend her sway. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOST ILLUSIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE MAD WOMAN'S SONG by KAREN SWENSON SONNET: THE EVENING STAR by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW UPON A SPIDER CATCHING A FLY by EDWARD TAYLOR EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 32. THERE'S NO DEFENCE AGAINST LOVE by PHILIP AYRES FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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