Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FRAGMENT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dreadful burden of our sins we feel Last Line: Thou art our father, and thy name is love! Subject(s): God | ||||||||
THE dreadful burden of our sins we feel, The pain of wounds which Thou alone canst heal, To whom our weakness is our strong appeal. From the black depths, the ashes, and the dross Of our waste lives, we reach out to Thy cross, And by its fulness measure all our loss! That holy sign reveals Thee: throned above No Moloch sits, no false, vindictive Jove -- Thou art our Father, and Thy name is Love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS AMY WENTWORTH; FOR WILLIAM BRADFORD by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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