PRAISE is devotion fit for mighty minds, The diff'ring world's agreeing sacrifice; Where Heaven divided faiths united finds: But Prayer in various discord upward flies. For Prayer the ocean is where diversely Men steer their course, each to a sev'ral coast; Where all our interests so discordant be That half beg winds by which the rest are lost. By Penitence when we ourselves forsake, 'Tis but in wise design on piteous Heaven; In Praise we nobly give what God may take, And are, without a beggar's blush, forgiven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY MOTHER LEFT ME by KAREN SWENSON THE LIGHT'OOD FIRE by JOHN HENRY BONER THANKSGIVING DAY by LYDIA MARIA CHILD ON AN ANNIVERSARY by JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE WHITE SNOW by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE PSALM 111 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |