Lady that in the prime of earliest youth, Wisely hast shunned the broad way and the green, And with those few art eminently seen, That labour up the hill of Heav'nly Truth, The better part with Mary, and with Ruth, Chosen thou hast; and they that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen, No anger find in thee, but pity and ruth. Thy care is fixed, and zealously attends To fill thy odorous lamp with deeds of light, And hope that reaps not shame. Therefore be sure Thou, when the bridegroom with his feastful friends Passes to bliss at the mid hour of night, Hast gained thy entrance, virgin wise and pure. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOON ON FORRESTER'S POND by HAYDEN CARRUTH TO HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON - LAWYER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE TENTH MUSE: THE PROLOGUE by ANNE BRADSTREET BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET; OCTOBER, 1746 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ZION, OR THE CITY OF GOD by JOHN NEWTON CURFEW MUST NOT RING TONIGHT by ROSE HARTWICK THORPE SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FALL OF 1914: 4 by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY |