SACRED attention! true effectual pray'r! Thou dost the soul for love of truth prepare. Blest is the man, who, from conjecture free, To future knowledge shall aspire by thee; Who in thy precepts seeks a sure repose, Stays till he sees, nor judges till he knows; Tho' firm, not rash; tho' eager, yet sedate; Intent on truth, can its instruction wait; Aw'd by thy powerful influence to appeal To Heaven, which only can itself reveal; The soul in humble silence to resign, And human will unite to the divine; Till fir'd at length by Heaven's enlivening beams, Pure, unconsum'd, the faithful victim flames. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POOR [OR, COCK] ROBIN by MOTHER GOOSE ON PASSING THE NEW MENIN GATE by SIEGFRIED SASSOON TO THE SAME PURPOSE by THOMAS TRAHERNE CRUCIFIXION TO THE WORLD BY THE CROSS OF CHRIST by ISAAC WATTS SONNET TO HOPE by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS EN TOUR; A SONG SEQUENCE: 4. FOR FRANCES ANN by ALBERTA BANCROFT SONNET OF LIFE by ERNEST BENSHIMOL |