Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FATHER FRANCIS'S PRAYER; WRITTEN IN LORD WESTMORELAND'S HERMITAGE, by GILBERT WEST First Line: Ne gay attire, ne marble hall Last Line: Mine house shall prove an hermitage. Subject(s): Prayer | ||||||||
NE gay attire, ne marble hall, Ne arched roof, ne pictured wall; Ne cook of Fraunce, ne dainty board, Bestow'd with pyes of Perigord; Ne power, ne such like idle fancies, Sweet Agnes, grant to Father Francis: Let me ne more myself deceive; Ne more regret the toys I leave. The world I quit, the proud, the vain, Corruption's and Ambition's train; But not the good, perdie, nor fair, 'Gainst them I make ne vow, ne prayer; But such aye welcome to my cell, And oft, not always, with me dwell: Then cast, sweet saint, a circle round, And bless from fools this holy ground; From all the foes to worth and truth, From wanton old, and homely youth; The gravely dull, and pertly gay, Oh! banish these, and, by my fay, Right well I ween that in this age Mine house shall prove an hermitage. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY AN INSCRIPTION IN THE CELL by GILBERT WEST AN INSCRIPTION ON THE CELL by GILBERT WEST EDUCATION; A POEM WRITTEN IN IMITATION OF SPENSER'S FAERY QUEEN by GILBERT WEST |
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