Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TAKE HERE THE TENDER HARP AGAIN, by ANONYMOUS Last Line: To wake perhaps a loftier lay Subject(s): Muses;prayer | ||||||||
TAKE here the tender harp again, O Muse! which thou hast lent to me; I wake no more the joyous strain To youthful love or social glee. Forgive the weak and sickly shell That could so ill my soul express; What most I wish'd I durst not tell, And chose my themes from idleness. Oft when I told of peace and pleasure, I mark'd the hostile sabre shine; And water, doled in scanty measure, I drank, who wont to sing of wine. Might peace, might love's auspicious fire But gild at last my closing day, Then, Goddess, then return the lyre To wake perhaps a loftier lay. | 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 TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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