TO kneeling Worshippers no earthly floor Gives holier invitation than the deck Of a storm-shattered Vessel saved from Wreck (When all that Man could do availed no more) By him who raised the Tempest and restrains: Happy the crew who this have felt, and pour Forth for his mercy, as the Church ordains, Solemn thanksgiving. Nor will 'they' implore In vain who, for a rightful cause, give breath To words the Church prescribes aiding the lip For the heart's sake, ere ship with hostile ship Encounters, armed for work of pain and death. Suppliants! the God to whom your cause ye trust Will listen, and ye know that He is just. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACADE: 2. THE BAT by EDITH SITWELL THE INDIAN EMPEROR: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: SETH COMPTON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES FITZ-GREENE HALLECK, AT THE UNVEILING OF HIS STATUE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER TO HIS HEART, BIDDING IT HAVE NO FEAR by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |