THE soul itself its awful witness is. Say not in evil doing, "No one sees," And so offend the conscious One within, Whose ear can hear the silences of sin Ere they find voice, whose eyes unsleeping see The secret motions of iniquity. Nor in thy folly say, "I am alone." For, seated in thy heart, as on a throne, The ancient Judge and Witness liveth still, To note thy act and thought; and as thy ill Or good goes from thee, far beyond thy reach, The solemn Doomsman's seal is set on each. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RAND MCNALLY ATLAS by KAREN SWENSON ON SOME LINES OF LOPE DE VEGA by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) THE IRISH PEASANT TO HIS MISTRESS by THOMAS MOORE REMEMBER by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE TWO ANGELS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE LESSER BEAUTY by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON |