Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POTTER AND HIS CLAY, by ISAAC WATTS Poet's Biography First Line: Behold the potter and the clay Last Line: The glory of his righteousness. Subject(s): Evil; Justice; Pottery And Potters | ||||||||
BEHOLD the Potter and the clay, He forms his vessels as he please; Such is our God, and such are we, The subjects of his high decrees. Does not the workman's pow'r extend O'er all the masswhich part to choose And mould it for a nobler end, And which to leave for viler use? May not the Sov'reign Lord on high Dispense his favours as He will; Choose some to life, while others die, And yet be just and gracious still? What if, to make his terror known, He lets his patience long endure, Suff'ring vile rebels to go on, And seal their own destruction sure; What if He means to shew his grace, And his electing love employs, To mark out some of mortal race, And form them fit for heav'nly joys, Shall man reply against the Lord? And call his Maker's ways unjust, The thunder of whose dreadful word Can crush a thousand worlds to dust? But, O my soul!if truth so bright Should dazzle and confound thy sight, Yet still his written will obey, And wait the great decisive day. Then shall He make his justice known; And the whole world before his throne, With joy or terror, shall confess The glory of his righteousness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACE JUGS: HOMAGE TO LANIER MEADERS by DAVID BOTTOMS POTTERY MAKER by MARGARET MARCHAND BROWN THE POTTERY MAKER by CAREY YATES BUSBY THE CONTRAST TO WATTS' HYMN 'THE POTTER AND THE CLAT' by JOHN BYROM CREATION by JULIA MAY COURTNEY THE FIRE VASE by NATHALIA CRANE MOMENT IN MARBLE by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER AWAKENING by KATE HASSELL REYNOLDS |
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