Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENSAMPLES OF OUR SAVIOUR, by ROBERT SOUTHWELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our saviour Last Line: The soule, by prayer it lives. Subject(s): Jesus Christ | ||||||||
Our Saviour (Paterne of true holinesse) Continuall praid Us by ensample teaching, When he was baptized In the wildernesse, In working miracles And in his preaching, Upon the mount In garden grones of death, At his last Supper At his parting breath. O fortresse of the faithfull, Sure defence, In which doth Christians Cognizance consist: Their victories, their triumph Comes from thence, So forcible, hellgates Cannot resist: A thing whereby Both Angels, clouds, and starres, At mans request Fight Gods revengefull warres. Nothing more gratefull In the Highest eyes, Nothing more firme In danger to protect us, Nothing more forcible To pierce the skies, And not depart Till mercy doe respect us: And as the soule Life to the body gives, So prayer revives The soule, by prayer it lives. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MEDITATION ON SAVIORS by ROBINSON JEFFERS COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK TO A WREN ON CALVARY by LARRY LEVIS THE TRANSFIGURATION by EDWIN MUIR SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL NEW HEAVEN, NEW WAR by ROBERT SOUTHWELL |
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