DESPISE him not, though he A Bankrupt be: To peeces broke he is indeed, Yet not to nothing. Do not tread Those fragments into dust, with which He hopes a Composition to reach. 2 Thy Break is greater farr Than his, nor are Thy means sufficient to Compound With thy great Creditor: look round About thy Nothing now, & say What thou hast left thy debts to God to pay. 3 Wouldst thou thy Body yeild To prison? build No hopes on that sad plott; alas The law on thee must further pass: Thy Soul is allso forfeit, and Th' eternal Jayl for both doth open stand. 4 Cheat not thyself, nor say I'l run away. What world from Gods arrest can hide His vainly-fugitive Worm? beside, No friend on earth can ever be A Surety or sufficient Bayl for thee. 5 No way away to run Hast thou but one: FORGIVING'S thy sole way to woo Thy Creditor the like to do. Nay He'l outdo thee heer, for He For pardning part, will all remitt to thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ARCHITECT (1) by KAREN SWENSON UP AT A VILLA - DOWN IN THE CITY by ROBERT BROWNING SUMMER DAWN by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 9 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI AN OLD WOMAN: 1 by EDITH SITWELL THE HOSTING OF THE SIDHE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS STOOD AT CLEAR by ALEXANDER ANDERSON HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 35 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |