Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STANZAS IMITATED FROM PSALM 99, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poet's Biography First Line: Say, how shall thoughtless, easy-natur'd youth Last Line: Thy name to honour, and thy law to love. Subject(s): Bible; Forgiveness; God; Prayer; Sin; Clemency | ||||||||
I. SAY, how shall thoughtless, easy-natur'd Youth, Be pure from all the Stains their Follies give? O let them learn the sober Law of Truth, Know thy Rewards, and answerably live. II. Full of this Hope I seek thee, dearest Lord, And lest the Foe once more my Soul should win, Deep in my Heart I treasure up thy Word, A constant Guard against the Charms of Sin. III. How am I pleas'd when Joy, and Faith, and Awe, Strive which shall most employ my various Tongue, That loves to dwell on All thy wond'rous Law, Guide of my Life, and Subject of my Song! IV. Now Fame or Pleasure, or the wealthy East, May tempt indeedbut never shall remove, The lively Zeal that burns within my Breast, Thy Name to honour, and thy Law to love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FORGIVING MY FATHER by LUCILLE CLIFTON WHAT WE CARRY; FOR DONALD by DORIANNE LAUX THE MAN WITH THE HOE OUTWITTED by EDWIN MARKHAM SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELMER BARR by EDGAR LEE MASTERS LEAVING CHURCH EARLY by JOHN UPDIKE A FAREWELL TO POETRY by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A PARAPHRASE ON THE 13TH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER |
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