Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STANZAS ON THE PSALMS, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poet's Biography First Line: Not the songs that nobly tell Last Line: As jove by great jehovah is excell'd. Subject(s): Bible; Prayer; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
I. NOT the Songs that nobly tell, How Troy was sackt, and Rome began, Not the Numbers that reveal The Wars of Heav'n to falling Man; II. Can boast that true celestial Fire, That equal Strength and Ease, Or with such various Charms conspire, To move, to teach, to please. III. Those Complaints how sadly sweet, Which weeping Seraphim repeat; Those Prayers how happily preferr'd, Which God himself inspir'd and heard. IV. Ye partial Wits no longer boast Of Pindar's Fire in David's lost! Who to the Hebrew Harp must yield, As Jove by great Jehovah is excell'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY 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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