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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 145, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: O god,-if in the spiritual mood
Last Line: That all our nature yearneth for defeat?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Nature; Spirituality
First Line: O god,-if in the spiritual mood
Last Line: That all our nature yearneth for defeat?
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Nature; Spirituality
O God,—if in the spiritual mood
The heart rejoiceth in its purity—
When the soft tongue of passion fires the blood,
How far off the still Voice that speaks of Thee!
How mighty the temptation that we flee!
Why hast Thou made the face of Sin so sweet
That all our nature yearneth for defeat?
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