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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BELIEF Matches Found: 668 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BETTER RESURRECTION, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have no wit, no words, no tears Last Line: O jesus, drink of me. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Faith; Gays & Lesbians; Jesus Christ; Pain; Belief; Creed; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Suffering; Misery A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 16, by THOMAS CAMPION Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Awake, awake, thou heavy sprite Last Line: Then watch and labour, while time is! Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology A CREED, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God sends no message by me. I am mute Last Line: Welcomes the poor in spirit—who were least. Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; Humility; Nature; Oaths; Belief; Creed A DIALOGUE ANTHEM, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Alas, poor death, where is thy glory? Last Line: Thou so much worse, that thou shalt be no more. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed A DREAM, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh for my love, my only love Last Line: Most near altho' most far away. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Love; Tears; Nightmares; Belief; Creed A FAITH ON TRAIL, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the morning of may Last Line: Him through handmaiden me.' Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Forests; World; Belief; Creed; Woods A FAITHFUL MOTHER'S LOVE, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear child! A faithful mother's love Last Line: Be safe on earth and blest above. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Faith; Love; Mothers; Belief; Creed A GIRL'S FAITH, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Across the miles that stretch between Last Line: Whose smile shall wake my world to day. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Fate; Girls; God; Life; Belief; Creed; Destiny A HYMB OF FAITH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O, thou that doth all things devise Last Line: To overlook the rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Heaven; Life; Belief; Creed; Paradise A HYMN OF ZION, by JOEL BLAU Poem Text First Line: Zion, we love thee well Last Line: O'er zion's hill! Subject(s): Faith; Freedom; Israel; Jerusalem; Jews; Zionism; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Judaism A LITTLE DOG, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: A little dog disturbed my trust in heaven Last Line: Gave back my faith in heaven by god's will. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Faith; Belief; Creed A MAY MONODY, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beside my opened window pane Last Line: "come again! Come again!" Subject(s): Birds; Faith; May (month); Memory; Youth; Belief; Creed A MILKING SONG, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O sweet st. Bride of the yellow, yellow hair Last Line: Briget, bride! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Variant Title(s): The Kye-song Of St. Bride Subject(s): Brides; Brigid Of Ireland, Saint (453-523); Faith; Paul, Saint (1st Century); Peter, Saint (c. 64 A.d.); Saints; Bridget, Saint; Brigit Of Kildare, Saint; Belief; Creed; Saul Of Tarsus A MINOR PROPHET, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have a friend, a vegetarian seer Last Line: Throbbing respondent to the far-off orbs. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Faith; Friendship; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Salvation; United States; Belief; Creed; Theology; America A MORNING WALK, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lie there,' I said, 'my sorrow! Lie thou there Last Line: And god was in that bird, believe it as ye may. Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Birds; Faith; God; Belief; Creed A PASSING OF FAITH, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Nilus's gods, lost wanderers Last Line: And, ere they know it, no more exist. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed A POOR MAN'S WEALTH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A poor man? Yes, I must confess Last Line: This opulence of poverty. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Poverty; Wealth; Belief; Creed; Riches; Fortunes A PRAYER, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: O god, who made us for thyself Last Line: In earnest expectation and courageous quest. Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Belief; Creed A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: God of justice save the people Last Line: In the bonds of brotherhood. Subject(s): Faith; Freedom; Justice; Prayer; Belief; Creed; Liberty A PRAYER FOR FAITH, by MARGARET ELIZABETH SANGSTER (1894-1981) Poem Text First Line: God, give me back the simple faith that I so long have clung to Last Line: For if the prayer dies from my heart I will be quite alone. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed A PRAYER IN SICKNESS, by BRYAN WALLER PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Send down thy winged angel, god! Last Line: And heal our gentle child! Alternate Author Name(s): Cornwall, Barry; Proctor, Bryan Waller Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Sickness; Belief; Creed; Illness A QUERY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Oh the wonder of our life Last Line: "all ther heaven and all the hell? / ah, we know not: god can tell" Subject(s): Faith;hope; Belief;creed;optimism A SLUMBER STORY, by ROBERT J. IRISH Poem Text First Line: At slumber time the nodding heads Last Line: My faith becomes the firmer. Subject(s): Children; Faith; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Childhood; Belief; Creed; Theology A SOLILOQUY ON READING 'A DISPUTE ABOUT FAITH AND WORKS', by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What an excessive fondness for debate Last Line: Division ceases,—and dispute is gone. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed A SONG OF FAITH, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, the fog is abroad Last Line: While the sun's in the east! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed A SONG OF THE SECTS (IN A JERUSALEM TAVERN), by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A latin and greek, praise god, are we, armenian and copt Last Line: But we all believe, we all believe, in the holy sepulchre! Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Faith; God; Sects; Singing & Singers; Wine; Belief; Creed A SONG OF ZION, by WALTER VERNON-EPSTEIN Poem Text First Line: Jerusalem, my boast and pride Last Line: Our fatherland to see. Subject(s): Faith; Israel; Jews; Patriotism; Zionism; Belief; Creed; Judaism A SONNET TO HEAVENLY BEAUTY, by JOACHIM DU BELLAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If this our little life is but a day Last Line: Thou worshipest the shadow upon earth. Alternate Author Name(s): Du Bellay, Joachim Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed A SUNSET, by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond horizon's bar in twilight splendid Last Line: The mood of faith, of courage, and of reverence. Subject(s): Courage; Evening; Faith; Nature; Valor; Bravery; Sunset; Twilight; Belief; Creed A TENT BESIDE A RIVER, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Remembering lanterned, canvas-sprawled fields Last Line: Nor their words ferried anyone safely anywhere. Subject(s): Bible; Camping; Faith; Parents; Camps; Summer Camps; Belief; Creed; Parenthood A WAKING THOUGHT (2), by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I tax not all with this unmanly hate Last Line: Push through these dark philosophies, and live! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed A WINTER OF LOVE LETTERS AND A MORNING PRAYER: 5, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In this chapel those who kneel are bigger than those Last Line: Strings the white meadowsweet, eyes who never close. Subject(s): Churches; Faith; Prayer; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed A WINTER'S TALE, by DYLAN THOMAS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: It is winter's tale Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed A WONDER, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Still alway groweth in me the great wonder Last Line: And, though he slay me, makes me trust him still. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ACHIEVEMENT, by HELEN HOLT Poem Text First Line: I have looked into his face Last Line: Though I see him not. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ACTION AND THOUGHT; SONNET, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a world where struggle and stern toil Last Line: "them that will hear, -- ""despair not! It is I." Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Faith; Metamorphosis; Thought; Belief; Creed; Thinking AD AMICOS; MOUNT CUBA, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes an hour of fate's serenest weather Last Line: The happy song that cares not for its fame! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Art & Artists; Faith; Fate; Hope; Belief; Creed; Destiny; Optimism AD ASTRA: 117, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Cloud not nor scorn the bright faith of the poor! Last Line: And their long-suffering voice at last be heard? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed AD ASTRA: 168, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: O who can doubt her ministering power Last Line: Man will look out upon a world of woe! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Faith; Spirituality; Belief; Creed AD ASTRA: 169, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: For what avail these conflicts dire of creed Last Line: And in men's hearts the lamp of faith renew? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology AD ASTRA: 66, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Unto the naked heavens we cry aloud Last Line: Yet at the last thy glorious light have hail'd! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Death; Faith; Dead, The; Belief; Creed AD ASTRA: 75, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Only to hearts devoid of human feeling Last Line: Yet is more pitiless than wintry rain! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Emotions; Faith; Hearts; Love; Belief; Creed AD ASTRA: 80, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: And, if their hope and teaching were in vain Last Line: Thro' darkling dawns to their immortal dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Death; Faith; Immortality; Dead, The; Belief; Creed AD ASTRA: 86, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Are not our lives girt round with mysteries Last Line: And shall it not the least of life control? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Faith; Life; Belief; Creed AD ASTRA: 99, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Fled is my faith'-how pitiful the cry! Last Line: And 'stablish in our hearts thy perfect reign! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ADON OLAM, by GEORGE HENRY BORROW Poem Text First Line: Reigned the universe's master, ere were earthly Last Line: And therewith my body also; god's my god—I fear no one. Subject(s): Faith; God; Jews; Belief; Creed; Judaism AFFIRMATION, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As long as vigorous discontent Last Line: Is forging something violent—and great! Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed AFTER THE BURIAL, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, faith is a goodly anchor Last Line: And argues your wisdom down. Subject(s): Faith; Grief; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness AIRPLANE IN STORMY PASS, by CORNELIA DODDS Poem Text First Line: The wind is tearing through the pass tonight Last Line: The guiding light of christ will never fail. Subject(s): Air Travel; Faith; Belief; Creed ALI BEY, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ali bey, the true faith's hero Last Line: Yes, he softly smiles and gently. Subject(s): Faith; Heroism; Singing & Singers; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Songs ALONE, by E. B. KAY Poem Text First Line: Alone, - no, not alone. How could man ever be Last Line: To fail to see the vision in the sun. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed AMBITION, by MILDRED TELFORD BARNWELL Poem Text First Line: What use in heaven could I ever be Last Line: To dream and rhyme for him eternally? Subject(s): Ambition; Faith; Belief; Creed AN ACT OF FAITH, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I believe in thee! Last Line: My god, I believe in thee. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed AN AGNOSTIC, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No disciple am I, lord Last Line: And I follow thee. Subject(s): Agnosticism; Doubt; Faith; God; Religion; Skepticism; Belief; Creed; Theology AN APPEAL, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Spare her, o cruel england! Last Line: They can die and go to him. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): England; Faith; Ireland; Religion; English; Belief; Creed; Irish; Theology AN ARROW-SLIT, by JEAN INGELOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I clomb full high the belfry tower Last Line: And carry her, carry her on my breast.' Subject(s): Climbing; Faith; Flowers; Hearts; Love; Roses; Belief; Creed AN EPITAPH ON TRUE, HER MAJESTY'S DOG, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If wit or honesty cou'd save Last Line: And mend your own, by true's behaviour. Variant Title(s): True's Epitaph Subject(s): Animals; Death - Animals; Dogs; Epitaphs; Faith; Honesty; Belief; Creed AN INQUIRY, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why must lips the wild bees buzz to Last Line: Faith, the riddle past my power is! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed AN OLD MAN'S ASPIRATION, by HORACE SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O glorious sun! Whose car sublime Last Line: And mine old age attest its meliorating power! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio Subject(s): Aging; Faith; Fate; Poetry & Poets; Youth; Belief; Creed; Destiny AND THE HEAVENS SHALL YIELD THEIR DEW, by SOLOMON IBN GABIROL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O thou, that art the trust, the strength Last Line: "and the heavens shall yield their dew!" Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Gabirol; Solomon Ben Yehuda Ibn Gabirol Subject(s): Faith; God; Heaven; Jews; Belief; Creed; Paradise; Judaism APOSTACY, by CHARLOTTE BRONTE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This last denial of my faith Last Line: His name her latest word. Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Currer Subject(s): Faith; Christianity; Death; Belief; Creed; Dead, The ARTILLERIE, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I one evening sat before my cell Last Line: "I am but finite, yet thine infinitely." Variant Title(s): Artillery Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ASH WEDNESDAY (AFTER HEARING A LECTURE ON THE ORIGIN OF RELIGION), by JOHN ERSKINE Poem Text First Line: Here in the lonely chapel I will wait Last Line: Strong with new love where thou dost kneel, the cross whereon christ died. Subject(s): Ash Wednesday; Christianity; Faith; Prayer; Solitude; Belief; Creed; Loneliness ASTRAEA, by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since I avail no more, o men! With you Last Line: To kiss (ah, with what sorrow!) all my dead. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Farewell; Kisses; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Parting AT THE LAST, by RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE Poem Text First Line: In the hour of death, after this life's whim Last Line: But the glory of the lord is all in all. Variant Title(s): Dominus Illuminatio Mea;faith Of Closed Doors Subject(s): Consolation; Death; Faith; Dead, The; Belief; Creed AT THE WHEEL, by DONALD EVANS Poem Text First Line: She holds my lost illusions in her hands Last Line: Untouched she turns the wheel. She has not heard. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Soul; Wheels; Dead, The; Belief; Creed ATHEISM: FAITH, by ELIZABETH OAKES PRINCE SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beware of doubt - faith is the subtle chain Last Line: That questions of thy faith, the cold external doubt. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Seba (e. Oakes), Mrs.; Oakes-smith, Elizabeth Subject(s): Atheism; Doubt; Faith; Life; Skepticism; Belief; Creed ATTA TROLL; A SUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM: CAPUT 17, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like a street there runs a valley Last Line: Tell you in the following chapters. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Dead, The; Belief; Creed ATTA TROLL; A SUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM: CAPUT 7, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Gloomy, in his gloomy cavern Last Line: "and they frivolous remain." Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed AVE MARIA, by ALFRED AUSTIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the ages of faith, before the day Last Line: Ave maria? Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed BALLADE MADE FOR HIS MOTHER THAT SHE MIGHTE PRAYE, by FRANCOIS VILLON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ladye of heaven that o'er earth hath swaye Last Line: And in this faith I live and will goe hence. Alternate Author Name(s): Montcorbier, Francois De Subject(s): Faith; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers & Sons; Prayer; Women - Bible; Belief; Creed; Virgin Mary BALLADE: 27, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When that I call unto my mind Last Line: I ask but right for my redress. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Wealth; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Riches; Fortunes BALLADE: 34, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Had I wist that now I wot Last Line: Rooted at the heart must needs continue. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Truth; Belief; Creed BALLADE: 8, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In faith I wot not well what to say Last Line: But spite of thy hap, hap hath well happed. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Fortune; Happiness; Smiles; Belief; Creed; Joy; Delight BATTLE AT THE RIVER RAISIN; JANUARY 22, 1813, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now gleam and thunder, from afar Last Line: Shall swell your lasting fame. Subject(s): Faith; Life; Soldiers; War; Belief; Creed BE STRONG, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Be strong to hope, o heart Last Line: Thou wouldst be strong! Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Love; Religion; Strength; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Theology BELIEF, by JOSEPHINE MILES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother said to call her if the h-bomb exploded Subject(s): Brothers; Faith; Crime & Criminal; Mothers; Half-brothers; Belief; Creed BELIEVE AND TAKE HEART, by JOHN LANCASTER SPALDING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What can console for a dead world? Last Line: Doubt is disease. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed BELIEVERS, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: I heard one talking yesterday of god! Last Line: Help thou our unbelief! Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology BESIDE THE CROSS, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus, in thy death I see Last Line: Be my life, and conquer death! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Faith; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Belief; Creed BETTER SO, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fast asleep, mine own familiar friend Last Line: "of rest, and good the sleep I took"" --?" Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Faith; Life; Pain; Sleep; Soul; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Suffering; Misery BEYOND ELECTRONS, by ADELAIDE WARREN PETERSON LOVE Poem Text First Line: They who once probed and doubted now believe Last Line: And find a living god behind his deeds. Subject(s): Faith; Religion & Science; Belief; Creed BEYOND OUR BREATHING, by CAROL RULOFSON Poem Text First Line: Across the threshold of our garden path Last Line: That peace which is the earnest of god's will. Subject(s): Faith; Future Life; Belief; Creed; Retribution; Eternity; After Life BLIND, by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Show me your god!' the doubter cries Last Line: Is blind of soul, and cannot see! Alternate Author Name(s): Hotair, Dopeton Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology BUILDING, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Upon the wreckage of thy yesterday Last Line: All thou hast hoped for thou shalt yet achieve. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed BY A NORFOLK BROAD, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: One hour ago the crimson sun, that seemed so long a drowning, sank Last Line: God sees us thankful for our lot. The unborn day concerns us not. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed CARRION COMFORT, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, despair, not feast on thee Last Line: Of now done darkness I wretch lay wrestling with (my god!) my god. Variant Title(s): "the Terrible Sonnets: 1;""not, I'll Not, Carrion Comfort, Despair, Not Feast On Thee""; Subject(s): Despair; Faith; Belief; Creed CAT AND MOUSE, by ELIZABETH PRATT Poem Text First Line: The claws of life at times remain Last Line: Then you can love and sing -- and pray. Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Faith; Life; Mice; Belief; Creed CELESTIAL MUSIC, by LOUISE ELIZABETH GLUCK Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have a friend who still believes in heaven Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed CHANUKAH HYMN, by ADOLPH HUEBSCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, the true that follow thee Last Line: Thy command we follow will. Subject(s): Faith; Fasts & Feasts; Hanukkah; Jews; Victory; Belief; Creed; Judaism CHARTLESS, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I never saw a moor Last Line: As if the chart were given. Subject(s): Death; Faith; God; Heaven; Religion; Sky; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Paradise; Theology CHRIST WAS THE WORD THAT SPAKE IT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: That I believe and take it Subject(s): Faith; Belief;creed CHRISTMAS, by ESTHER BERGMAN NAREY Poem Text First Line: Just for today, dear lord, give me the faith Last Line: Of reindeer speeding through the christmas skies. Subject(s): Christmas; Faith; Reindeer; Nativity, The; Belief; Creed CLOSING GESTURE, by JOHN BROOKS WHEELWRIGHT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The spheres are weary of the ether wind Last Line: Forever changeless against a changing sky. Subject(s): Faith; God; Prayer; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology CLOSING THE DOORS, by IRENE PETTIT MCKEEHAN Poem Text First Line: I have closed the door on doubt Last Line: And the breeze of the world blowing through. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology COMMUNION, by CLARA FOX Poem Text First Line: A man saw a soft brown, newly-cut, wheat field Last Line: He felt the strength of god rise up in him. Subject(s): Faith; Fields; God; Harvest; Labor & Laborers; Wheat; Belief; Creed; Pastures; Meadows; Leas; Work; Workers COMMUNION: 1. FIDES, by ARVIA MACKAYE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: High on a peak of limitless ascent Last Line: Radiant upon the starless precipice of birth. Subject(s): Beauty; Faith; Future Life; Trust; Belief; Creed; Retribution; Eternity; After Life COMPENSATION, by VERLIE PARRY STORY GILES Poem Text First Line: I may not pause near persian garden wall Last Line: To wait for wings! For me this way is best. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed COMPENSATION, by FLORENCE MCCURDY Poem Text First Line: Can this be all of life, the dear desire Last Line: Which sheds eternal loveliness afar! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed CONFESSION, by FRANCIS SALTUS SALTUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Love came to earth with faith and trust Last Line: "and god serenely answered -- ""it is mine." Subject(s): Death; Earth; Faith; Love; Peace; Dead, The; World; Belief; Creed CONFICENCE IN HEAVEN, by EMMA CATHERINE (MANLY) EMBURY Poem Text First Line: It is in vain the weary spirit strives Last Line: A soul that trusts in heaven, though thus of all bereft. Alternate Author Name(s): Ianthe Subject(s): Faith; Heaven; Belief; Creed; Paradise CONFIDENCE, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Since thou who turned crooked path to straight Last Line: There to be found of thee. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed CONSOLATION, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No god is left us to adore Last Line: Omnipotent as ever. Subject(s): Agnosticism; Faith; God; Love; Religion; Religion - Disestablishment; Belief; Creed; Theology CONSTRAINT OF FAITH, by EDNA FREDERIKSON Poem Text First Line: Invested with stillness that meaning has spun Last Line: By an inner compulsion keep faith with the past. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed CONVERSION, by R. G. RUSTE Poem Text First Line: It happened in the cold and starlit dawn Last Line: I know the cause shall stand, though I may fall. Subject(s): Conversion; Faith; God; Religion; Self; Belief; Creed; Theology COUPLET (2), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faith and hope are wings to love Last Line: Silver wings to golden dove. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Love; Belief; Creed; Optimism CREDO, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not what, what whom, I do believe! Last Line: But whom! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology CREDO, by MARGARET GROSVENOR Poem Text First Line: This is my creed Last Line: The bride be dead. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Singing & Singers; Belief; Creed; Songs CREDO, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My friend form asia has powers and magic Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed CREDO, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot find my way: there is no star Last Line: I feel the coming glory of the light. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed CREDO, AFTER E.P., by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go, my songs Last Line: Is dumb to his clumsiness. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Blessings; Faith; Belief; Creed DAY BREAKS, by CHARLES MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What dost thou see, lone watcher on the tower Last Line: "the plain is yet in shade, but day is near." Subject(s): Dawn; Faith; Worship; Sunrise; Belief; Creed DEAD AND ALIVE, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Till I learned to love thy name Last Line: Glory, glory, glory! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed DEGENERACY, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Has nature's self been going backward Last Line: And yet are faithful now no more. Subject(s): Faith; Flowers; Nature; Belief; Creed DESERTS, by ANN HAMILTON (1902-) Poem Text First Line: A desert does not have to be Last Line: When faith is gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Anna E.; Hamilton, A. E.; Hamilton, Anne E. Subject(s): Deserts; Faith; Food & Eating; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology DIRE: 8. A CHOICE, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faith is the spirit that makes man's body and blood Last Line: Kill the beast faith that lives on its own dung. Subject(s): Brutus (marcus Junius Brutus); Caesar, Julius (100-44 B.c.); Faith; Nations; Belief; Creed DIRT AND DEITY, by LOUIS GINSBERG Poem Text First Line: If gutter-puddles after rain Last Line: And mirror heaven, too. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed DISCORD, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Unreconciled by life's fleet years, that fled Last Line: Unreconciled. Subject(s): Faith; Roundels; Time; Belief; Creed DIVINE LOVE, by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Love divine, all love excelling Last Line: Lost in wonder, love, and praise! Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology DOUBT AND PRAYER, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tho' sin too oft, when smitten by thy rod Last Line: So thou wilt strike thy glory thro' the day. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed DOUBTING, by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A brother wandered forth with me Last Line: "I whispered -- ""yea." Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed DOVER BEACH, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sea is calm to-night Last Line: Where ignorant armies clash by night. Subject(s): Desire; Doubt; Dover, England; England; Faith; Love; Love - Marital; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Sea; Seashore; Social Protest; Time; War; Skepticism; English; Belief; Creed; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Theology; Ocean; Beach; Coast; Shore DREAMS AND REALITIES, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O rosamond, thou fair and good Last Line: "shall be thy faith's reward." Subject(s): Faith; Friendship; Belief; Creed EARLY FAITH, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whom hear we tell of all the joy which loving faith can bring Last Line: Will modulate sweet harmony from earth's discordant woe. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed EASTER HYMN, by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Christ the lord is risen to-day Last Line: Thus to sing, and thus to love! Variant Title(s): Easter Day;he Is Risen;the Lord Is Risen;for Easter-day Subject(s): Easter; Faith; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed; Theology ELEGIAC SONNET: 48. TO MRS. ****, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No more my wearied soul attempts to stray Last Line: While faith's consoling voice endears the friendly gloom. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD, by THOMAS GRAY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The curfew tolls the knell of parting day Last Line: The bosom of his father and his god. Subject(s): Cemeteries; Courage; Death; England; Faith; Graves; Love; Mourning; Graveyards; Valor; Bravery; Dead, The; English; Belief; Creed; Tombs; Tombstones; Bereavement ELLEN MIDDLETON, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Raise me; undraw the curtain; that is well Last Line: Whose faith was hidden and whose love was vain. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Faith; Life; Love; Dead, The; Belief; Creed ENCOUNTER, by ANNEKE VAN ZINDRAN Poem Text First Line: Chance, hoping to find us ready Last Line: Thinking to meet was all. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ENGRAVEN ON A COLUMN, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: View not this spire by measure given Last Line: While deathless charity remains. Subject(s): Churches; Death; Faith; Heaven; Hope; Cathedrals; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Paradise; Optimism ENLIGHTMENT!, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have the scales that dimm'd thy vision Last Line: To digest in peace thy food. Subject(s): Faith; Life; Love; Michael, The Archangel; Saints; Belief; Creed; Michael, Saint EPILOGUE, by CHARLES T. DAVIS Poem Text First Line: When I am come before his bar to render Last Line: And, over all, unfaltering faith in god. Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, C. T. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ETYMOLOGY, by OLGA BROUMAS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I understand her well because I too practice love Last Line: That is a larger that. Subject(s): Faith; Language; Love; Mythology - Classical; Violence; Women's Rights; Belief; Creed; Words; Vocabulary; Feminism EVEN AS DEWS FALL, by VINA BRUCE CHILTON Poem Text First Line: Nightly the dews of heaven spill Last Line: His love lies brooding over all. Alternate Author Name(s): Chilton, V. Bruce Subject(s): Faith; Night; Belief; Creed; Bedtime EVEN UNTO DEATH, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To think one thought a hundred hundred ways Last Line: These are the signs of love -- love even to death. Subject(s): Death; Eyes; Faith; Love; Pain; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Suffering; Misery EVENING AT HOME; WRITTEN IN EARLY YOUTH, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Loud roars the hoarse storm from the angry north Last Line: In hope, and sing thy praise, father supreme! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed EVENING LINES, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, dreamy world and liquid-sounding leaves Last Line: Mysterious harmony, perhaps heard elsewhere. Subject(s): Faith; Hearts; Lips; Silence; Belief; Creed FACING THE WALL, by MRS. R. A. MEDLAM Poem Text First Line: I seem to be chasing a will-o-the-wisp Last Line: A ladder over that wall. Subject(s): Courage; Faith; Fights; Valor; Bravery; Belief; Creed FACTS, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: One night poor jim had not a sou Last Line: In faith that christ is still alive. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Faith; Poverty; Belief; Creed FAIR MARGARET, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The faith of years is broken Last Line: Once bound my soul to thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Faith; Fate; Life; Love; Soul; Women; Belief; Creed; Destiny FAITH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Keep this for me' Last Line: "just see them, in his all embracing care, / and say with joyous heart, 'they are with thee'" Subject(s): Faith; Belief;creed FAITH, by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faith is a higher faculty than reason Last Line: It has a plan, no plot; and life has none. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by DAVID BAKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was midday before we noticed it was morning Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: Illustrious mayd, what foule idolatrie Last Line: To make a soule grow faire, which was forlorne. Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by B. M. BLATCHLEY Poem Text First Line: I sail my bark on a placid sea Last Line: By my faith in the father dear. Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And is the great cause lost beyond recall? Last Line: Forgive the anguish of the turning wheel. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear, gentle faith! On the sheltered porch Last Line: That bloom in the smile of god! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by THOMAS HOLLEY CHIVERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Faith is the flower that blooms unseen Last Line: I would not lose my trust in thee. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by JAMES J. DALY Poem Text First Line: These caressed him Last Line: "close ears and ourselves be beauty?" Subject(s): Beauty; Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I's a-gittin' weary of de way dat people do Last Line: De lawd'll min' de wintah an' my mammy'll min' de fiah. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Lord, give me faith! - to live from day to day Last Line: The veil thy love has hung 'twixt it and me. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: I know not when the day will be Last Line: When I shall meet him face to face. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by LIDA MARIE ERWIN Poem Text First Line: To glimpse the flower through autumn haze Last Line: To look to the hills -- and trust. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER Poem Text First Line: If on this night of still, white cold Last Line: And immortality. Subject(s): Faith; Seasons; Spring; Winter; Belief; Creed FAITH, by RALPH GROTE Poem Text First Line: The farmer sows his seed Last Line: Will keep it undefiled. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, how couldst thou so much appease Last Line: Reserving all for flesh again. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What here we hope for, we shall once inherit Last Line: By faith we all walk here, not by the spirit. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by OLIVE HONN Poem Text First Line: Against the somber sunset, as the day went down Last Line: "the sureness of destination of those brave free birds today." Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sound, sound forever, ye clarions of thought Last Line: Monologue later used by joyce in ulysses. Variant Title(s): The Trumpets Of The Mind Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Prayer; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Be like the little bird Last Line: All conscious of his wings. Variant Title(s): The Trumpets Of The Mind Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Prayer; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The faint lose faith Last Line: And yet— Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Faith; Racism; Belief; Creed; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry FAITH, by EMMA LAZARUS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She feels outwearied, as though o'er her head Last Line: With her own dream her prayer she answereth. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by MILDRED BENTLEY LEE Poem Text First Line: Autumn, - and the trees are stripped Last Line: Oh faithless heart, why weep? Why weep? Subject(s): Autumn; Faith; Seasons; Fall; Belief; Creed FAITH, by ALICE LUCAS Poem Text Poet's Biography Last Line: Of all thy gifts the best! Alternate Author Name(s): Montefiore, Julia Subject(s): Faith; God; Jews; Belief; Creed; Judaism FAITH, by THEODORE MAYNARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Must I submissive bow to earth my head Last Line: "only the audacious ever win to god." Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by FREDERICK BROTHERTON MEYER Poem Text First Line: If a wren can cling Last Line: Unmoved by earth's annoy? Alternate Author Name(s): Meyer, F. B. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There were whimsical turns of the waters Last Line: "have faith! Have faith! Have faith!" Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh faith, that through our feeble youth Last Line: To know is lower than to feel. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by NAOMI G. ORR Poem Text First Line: Love wraps us round like a soft grey mist Last Line: For life is love and love is infinite. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by RAY PALMER Poem Text First Line: My faith looks up to thee Last Line: A ransomed soul! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With the seal of science / emblazoned Subject(s): Creation; Faith; Science; Belief; Creed; Scientists FAITH, by STEPHEN PHILLIPS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou power, that beyond the wind Last Line: I feel, I feel, that we shall meet. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by E. REQUE Poem Text First Line: What would man do without his daily faith Last Line: A force to keep his stature straight and tall! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sea was breaking at my feet Last Line: "there is! There is!"" replied." Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Sea; Belief; Creed; Theology; Ocean FAITH, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: In thought's black caves the wanderer cries Last Line: "grope with thy hands and thou shalt know!" Subject(s): Faith; God; Light; Belief; Creed FAITH, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Here where the loves of others close Last Line: Shine jewelled like the seraphim. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Sin; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O world, thou choosest not the better part Last Line: Unto the thinking of the thought divine. Variant Title(s): The Light Of Faith;sonnet: 3 Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Soldiers; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE Poem Text First Line: Faith is a blessed candle light Last Line: And quiet peace. Subject(s): Comfort; Faith; Self; Belief; Creed FAITH, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since all that is was ever bound to be Last Line: The gleam, the glory of the golden age. Subject(s): Faith; War; World War I; Belief; Creed; First World War FAITH, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I hear the thrush and blackbird sing Last Line: I must believe, I will believe. Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Birds; Faith; Grief; Pain; Spring; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness; Suffering; Misery FAITH, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In every seed to breathe the flower Last Line: Of loveliness unseen. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Doubt no longer that the highest is the wisest and best Last Line: Dark no more with human hatreds in the glare of deathless fire! Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bright and blest beam! Whose strong projection Last Line: Doth answer, live. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I will not doubt, though all my ships at sea Last Line: With my last breath. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH (3), by JOHN RICHARD MORELAND Poem Text First Line: I may not put my finger forth Last Line: A sepulchre? Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH AND DESPONDENCY, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The winter wind is loud and wild Last Line: "the steadfast, changeless, shore! " Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Variant Title(s): I. M. To I. G. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH AND REASON, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Reason unstrings the harp to see Last Line: And death is glorious gain. Subject(s): Faith; Reason; Belief; Creed; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals FAITH AND SCIENCE, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: Faith has no quarrel with science: she foreknows Last Line: Through perfect law seeks perfect beauty's goal. Subject(s): Faith; Religion & Science; Belief; Creed FAITH AND WORKS, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not what we think, but what we do Last Line: For evermore. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH FOR TOMORROW, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: Tomorrow, friend, will be another day Last Line: That what we hope for cometh with the morn! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH FOUR-SQUARE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faith is a thing that's four-square; let it fall Last Line: This way or that, it not declines at all. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH ILL REQUITED, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I feel the presence of my own despair Last Line: When falsehood wears such seeming? Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH IN GOD, by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have faith in god. For whosoever lists Last Line: The finest issue of a love divine. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH WITHOUT SIGHT, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No angel comes to us to tell Last Line: And, never having seen, believe. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH'S PRAYER, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Great jehovah, jesus, saviour Last Line: Thou wilt keep until that day. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH'S QUESTION, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To whom, o saviour, shall we go Last Line: O saviour of the world! To thee. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH'S VISTA, by HENRY ABBEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When from the vaulted wonder of the sky Last Line: "you could not reach us if you did not die." Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY, by GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let those who low delights to earth are given Last Line: Shall sing like winged cherubim. Subject(s): Charity; Faith; Hope; Philanthropy; Belief; Creed; Optimism FALLAX ET INSTABILIS, by PATRICK CAREY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis a strange thing, this world Last Line: On god I'll fix my heart. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FALSE AND TRUE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One said: here is my hand to lean upon Last Line: A vow is true to me for true love's sake. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed FAR MEMORY, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My knees recall the pockets Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed FIGURE, by JANE MILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Were we to have invested in a figure more distant Last Line: Blacker moons, whiter waters? Subject(s): Discontent; Faith; Dissatisfaction; Belief; Creed FOR OLD BELIEFS FORSAKEN, by HELEN HOOVEN SANTMYER Poem Text First Line: We felt no sense of loss when, years ago Last Line: Tongue-tied with passions god would understand. Subject(s): Faith; Wellesley College; Belief; Creed FOR WE ARE A PART, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The beautiful days slip by Last Line: Revisits us once more. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Hope; Love; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Optimism FORESIGHT AND PATIENCE, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sprung of the father blood, the mother brain Last Line: Counts conquest but a step, and through disaster sings. Subject(s): Faith; Materialism; Patience; Belief; Creed FOUNTAIN IN AVIGNON, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here, lovely retching moss-capped cherub: this penny's for you Last Line: Throw them back, throw them out. Subject(s): Angels; Avignon, France; Disdain; Faith; Fountains; Gratitude; Prayer; Wishes; Scorn; Belief; Creed FREE GRACE AT ROSE HILL, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: My uncle found it in a crater on bloody ridge Last Line: It touches us. Subject(s): Conversion; Faith; Salvation; Belief; Creed FRIENDSHIP, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear friend, I pray thee, if thou wouldst be proving Last Line: To satisfy my mind. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Friendship; Language; Love; Belief; Creed; Words; Vocabulary GEMINI, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because poor puer's both unsure and vain Subject(s): Friends; Enemies; Faith; Belief; Creed GETHSEMANE, by LEANDER M. ZIMMERMAN Poem Text First Line: When gethsemane looms near us Last Line: "not my will but thine be done." Subject(s): Faith; Gethsemane; Belief; Creed GIVE ME THY HEART, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With echoing steps the worshippers / departed one by one Last Line: The sacred presence there! Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed GIVE US GREAT DREAMS, by MARIE LE NART Poem Text First Line: Give us great dreams, o god, while thou art giving Last Line: And faith to leave the ultimate with thee. Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Nightmares; Belief; Creed GOD KNOWETH, by MARY GARDNER BRAINARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I know not what shall befall me Last Line: "so I send the coming tears back with the whispered word, ""he knows." Variant Title(s): Not Knowing Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE, by JOEL BLAU Poem Text First Line: In the sadness of your eyes Last Line: Teach me to humbly bow to god's great will. Subject(s): Faith; God; Jews; Religious Education; Belief; Creed; Judaism; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial Schools GOD'S GRANDEUR, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The world is charged with the grandeur of god Last Line: World broods with warm breast and with ah! Bright wings. Subject(s): Christianity; Earth; Environment; Faith; God; Labor & Laborers; Men; Nature; Redemption; Religion; War; World; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Belief; Creed; Work; Workers; Theology GOD'S MERCY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Behold, one faith endureth still Last Line: Be with us, foe and friend. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Friendship; God; Mercy; Belief; Creed GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Amazingly active a toothless old man Last Line: But like a god, not a tortured animal Subject(s): God; Faith; Belief; Creed GOLD DUST, by EPHRAIM CUTLER SHEDD Poem Text First Line: Dust and ashes, dust and ashes! Last Line: A gain surpassing all we've lost. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed GOLDEN LIGHTS FOR CHANUKAH, by JANIE JACOBSON Poem Text First Line: O golden lights, shine out anew Last Line: "lord among the gods, who is like thee?" Subject(s): Faith; Fasts & Feasts; God; Hanukkah; Jews; Light; Belief; Creed; Judaism GRATITUDE TO OLD TEACHERS, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When we stride or stroll across the frozen lake Last Line: Beneath us the teachers, and around us the stillness. Subject(s): Adventure & Adventurers; Education; Faith; Growth; Maturity; Schools; Teaching & Teachers; Belief; Creed; Students; Educators; Professors GRIEF, by JAMES HERVEY HYSLOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In toils and anguish, made betimes Last Line: And opes sublimer deeps of faith. Subject(s): Faith; Grief; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness HEAVEN, by ANN STRICKLAND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Time illimitable Last Line: The nearness of you! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed HEAVENLY FACES, by CORA YOUNG GANNER Poem Text First Line: Thy faces before me now I see Last Line: The ones gone before. Subject(s): Faces; Faith; Belief; Creed HELP THOU MY UNBELIEF, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because I seek thee not, oh seek thou me Last Line: Because I seek not, pray not, give thou heed! Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed HER CREED, by SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She stood before a chosen few Last Line: "to her who ""strove to follow him." Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed HER EYES, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once, long ago, a little one of mine Last Line: The christ-like candor of those early eyes! Subject(s): Eyes; Faces; Faith; Life; Summer; Belief; Creed HER FAITH, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because my faltering feet may fail to dare Last Line: Say that's true now, and I'll believe it then. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed HERE IS MUSIC: RICHARD FAITHFULL; IN MEMORIAM (VIRELAI), by AUSTIN PHILIPS Poem Text First Line: Brave bells of bruges, you bring Last Line: Faithfull in deed as name. Subject(s): Faith; Friendship; Love; Belief; Creed HIMSELF HE CANNOT SAVE, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O scoffer! He who from the cross Last Line: Himself he cannot save! Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Belief; Creed HIS CREED, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I do believe, that die I must Last Line: Of gift from god: and heres my creed. Subject(s): Consolation; Faith; Belief; Creed HOPE'S YEARNINGS, by HORACE SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How sweet it is, when wearied with the jars Last Line: To realise the aspirings of the soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Heaven; Hope; Nature; Soul; World; Belief; Creed; Paradise; Optimism HOPE, FAITH, LOVE, by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There are three lessons I would write Last Line: Thy charities on all. Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von Variant Title(s): Words Of Strength;three Words Of Strenth Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Love; Belief; Creed; Optimism HOW LONG, O LORD?, by ELIAS LIEBERMAN Poem Text First Line: In the weary night they come to me Last Line: But why—jehovah knows. Subject(s): Faith; Jews; Worship; Belief; Creed; Judaism HOW LONG?, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My god, it is not fretfulness Last Line: Of error and of wrong. Subject(s): Faith; Mortality; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology HOW THE GREAT GUEST CAME, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Before the cathedral in grandeur rose Last Line: "I was the child on the homeless street!" Variant Title(s): The Great Guest Comes Subject(s): Charity; Faith; Religion; Philanthropy; Belief; Creed; Theology HUMAN AND DIVINE, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vile, and deformed by sin I stand Last Line: I have eternal life in thee! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed HUSKS, by HALA JEAN HAMMOND Poem Text First Line: She had foresworn all creeds Last Line: Toward symbol—earth-hidden. Subject(s): Faith; God; Praise; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology HUSKS, by MARCUS S. C. RICKARDS Poem Text First Line: They will not stay Last Line: The fruit ye leave! Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Earth; Faith; Past; Dead, The; World; Belief; Creed HYMN, by HENRY FRANCIS LYTE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Abide with me; fast falls the eventide Last Line: In life and death, o lord, abide with me! Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed HYMN (3), by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How dare I in thy courts appear Last Line: Help thou mine unbelief! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed HYMN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT; WRITTEN DURING A FOREBODING OF CALAMITY, by RACHEL ANNAND TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a terror in my heart Last Line: Spirit of god, thy knight am I. Subject(s): Faith; God; Love; Prayer; Belief; Creed I AM THE LAST, by EDWARD SHILLITO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stricken to earth, the sword snapped in his hand Last Line: But he at last has me. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed I CAN TRUST, by DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS Poem Text First Line: I can not see why trials come Last Line: I still will trust. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed I WAIT MY LORD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The gourd has still its bitter leaves Last Line: I wait my friend Subject(s): Faith; Belief;creed I WILL HAVE FAITH, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: He will show me the path I shall tread Last Line: My god and my keeper forever. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed IN ARA-CAELI, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O holy lies, how have ye, one and all Last Line: Than god, eternal truth, and liberty. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed IN AUTUMN, by FRANCIS JAMMES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You see in autumn on the telegraph wires Last Line: Tries, falters and, before it flees, comes back. Subject(s): Autumn; Death; Faith; Grief; Seasons; Spring; Fall; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 54, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh yet we trust that somehow good Last Line: And with no language but a cry. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Trust Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Religion; Worship; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 96, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You say, but with no touch of scorn Last Line: Although the trumpet blew so loud. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Doubt;doubt And Faith Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology IN NEW YORK: 5. HOME, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have a need of silence and of stars Last Line: And then -- the summer stars . . . I will go home. Variant Title(s): Home Subject(s): Eyes; Faith; Home; Life; Love; Silence; Belief; Creed IN OUR OWN IMAGE, by THEODORE OLSON Poem Text First Line: There are no gods. Apollo-ashtoreth Last Line: Died of our unbelief! Alternate Author Name(s): Olson, Ted Subject(s): Atheism; Faith; Lies; Mythology; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology IN TEMPTATION, by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus [or, jesu], lover of my soul Last Line: Rise to all eternity! Variant Title(s): Christ, The Refuge Of The Soul;jesus [or Jesu], Lover Of My Soul Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Belief; Creed IN THE WINGS, by EDITH ANISFIELD WOLF Poem Text First Line: We are all god's noblemen Last Line: To those who don't yet know it. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed INCREASE OUR FAITH, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Increase our faith beloved lord! Last Line: We see thee face to face! Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Belief; Creed INFINITE BEACON, by ESTELLE CHASE SAMUELSON Poem Text First Line: Faith is a flaming torch Last Line: Of life's dense wilderness. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed INNATE HELIUM, by ROBERT FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Religious faith is a most filling vapor Last Line: Some gas like helium must be innate Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed INNOCENT LANDSCAPE, by ELINOR WYLIE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here is no peace, although the air has fainted Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed INSCRIPTIONS FOR A HOUSE, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The cornerstone in truth is laid Last Line: I shall live. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Variant Title(s): For The Friends At Hurstmont Subject(s): Faith; Houses; Time; Truth; Belief; Creed INSTANT BELIEVING, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I will not ask thee for the grace Last Line: "that I shall do?" Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed INVOCATION, by MILDRED ETHEL MEEKER Poem Text First Line: God, grant me days to live and learn Last Line: Attuned to immortality. Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Belief; Creed ISAIAH: PERFECT PEACE, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace Last Line: Because he trusteth in thee. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology IT IS WELL, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the skies are tinted blue Last Line: "and trusting say, ""it is well!" Subject(s): Despair; Faith; God; Happiness; Belief; Creed; Joy; Delight JACOBITE SONG, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now who will speak, and lie not Last Line: And if we die, we live. Subject(s): Faith; God; Jacobites; Belief; Creed JERUSALEM, by P. C. L. Poem Text First Line: Jerusalem! Jerus'lem! Thy glories have fled Last Line: In the faith of his word, and the might of his arm. Subject(s): Faith; Jerusalem; Jews; Nations; Praise; War; Zionism; Belief; Creed; Judaism JESUS' QUESTION, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: O blessed lord, thou christ of galilee Last Line: And be my answer, lord, the deed, the deed! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Faith; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Belief; Creed JEWELED HOURS, by CAROL RULOFSON Poem Text First Line: Beneath the stars, beside a copper lake Last Line: Companionship in deepest, utter love. Subject(s): Faith; Nature; Belief; Creed JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 1, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was high feasting held at vaucouleur Last Line: "his wrath, and they shall perish who oppress." Subject(s): Faith; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 10, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thus to the martyrs in their country's cause Last Line: Give to the arms of freedom such success. Variant Title(s): The Crowning Of The King Subject(s): Coronations; Creative Ability; England; Faith; France; Freedom; God; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Victory; War; Inspiration; Creativity; English; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Heroes; Heroines JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 3, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair dawn'd the morning, and the early sun Last Line: "we ratify thy mission. Go in peace." Subject(s): Duty; Faith; France; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Religion; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 7, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Strong were the english forts, by daily toil Last Line: Betaking them, for now the night drew on. Subject(s): England; Faith; France; Heroism; History; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Religion; Victory; War; English; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Historians; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 8, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now was the noon of night; and all was still Last Line: The shattered fragments of the midnight wreck. Subject(s): England; Faith; France; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Religion; Victory; War; English; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 9, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Far through the shadowy sky the ascending flames Last Line: "the thunder—she shall blast her despot foes." Subject(s): Death; England; Faith; France; Funerals; God; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Victory; War; Dead, The; English; Belief; Creed; Burials; Heroes; Heroines JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, by ROBERT LOWELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Edwards' great millstone and rock Subject(s): Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)' Hope; Faith; Belief; Creed JOY IN BELIEVING, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Man asketh homage. When his foot doth stand Last Line: Up to an angel's heritage of bliss? Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed KING ARTHUR, OR THE BRITISH WORTHY: EPILOGUE, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've had today a dozen billet-doux Last Line: Shall be my favourite gallant to-day. Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Marriage; Opera; Nightmares; Belief; Creed; Weddings; Husbands; Wives KING ERICK'S FAITH, by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In upsal's stately minister, before the altar, stands Last Line: Our god, the lord, has conquered; all praise to him on high! Alternate Author Name(s): Speranza; Elgee, Jane Francesca; Wilde, William Robert Wills, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed KING PHILIP'S MEN, by AUDREY ALEXANDRA BROWN Poem Text First Line: At dusk they heard the roar Last Line: "dauntless in death!" Subject(s): Courage; Disasters; Faith; God; Philip, King (native American Chief); Shipwrecks; Spain; Spanish Armada; Valor; Bravery; Belief; Creed; Metacomet; King Philip's War (1675-76) KNOWLEDGE, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: They list for me the things I can not know Last Line: What death shall mean, some sunny morn shall see. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Knowledge; Life; Dead, The; Belief; Creed LEARN, by ADA CAMBRIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Learn, learn, learn Last Line: All shall be clear in time. Be not afraid. Alternate Author Name(s): Cross, George, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed LIE-AWAKE SONGS: 3, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR Poem Text First Line: God has a house three streets away Last Line: God, and the furnace man, and me. Variant Title(s): The Furnace Man Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed LIFE, by CALEB C. COLTON Poem Text First Line: How long shall man's imprison'd spirit groan Last Line: Till doubt be lost in faith, and bliss secured in love. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed LIFE, by BEULAH WYATT PHILLIPS Poem Text First Line: Why fret about what we are here for Last Line: Be reverent, and helpful, and sweet. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed LIFE AND DEATH: 6, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: So, heralded by reason, faith may tread Last Line: And all the oracles are dumb and blind. Subject(s): Faith; Future Life; Soul; Belief; Creed; Retribution; Eternity; After Life LIFE AND DEATH: 7, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The wish behind the thought is the soul's star Last Line: If from its chosen work that soul were torn? Subject(s): Faith; Soul; Belief; Creed LIFE AND I, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Life and I are lovers, straying Last Line: And plight troth with death. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Flowers; Life; Love; Dead, The; Belief; Creed LIFE ON THE LAKES: AY, AY, SIR!, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL Poem Text First Line: The wires lead back from the grey old town Last Line: That has kept the faith, and the orders lie. Subject(s): Courage; Faith; Valor; Bravery; Belief; Creed LIFE'S CATHEDRAL, by M. C. HAECKER Poem Text First Line: Faith is a cathedral grand Last Line: Is verily the life divine. Subject(s): Churches; Faith; God; Praise; Religion; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed; Theology LIFE'S STAIRWAY, by RUBIN KANE Poem Text First Line: Life is naught but a stairway / for us to go Last Line: On the road to the pearly gate. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed LITTLEWIT AND LOFTUS, by PAMELIA VINING YULE Poem Text First Line: John littlewit, friends, was a credulous man Last Line: And I'm wise although knowing no more! Subject(s): Death; Faith; God; Good; Humility; Men; Science; Wisdom; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Scientists LIVING WATERS, by CAROLINE S. SPENCER Poem Text First Line: There are some hearts like wells, green-mossed Last Line: Whereby all love doth live. Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed LOUVAIN, by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bleeding and torn, ravished with sword and flame Last Line: Shrived by the sacred sorrow of louvain. Subject(s): Betrayal; Faith; France; Future Life; God; Martyrs; Belief; Creed; Retribution; Eternity; After Life LOVE (3), by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back Last Line: So I did sit and eat. Variant Title(s): A Dialogue Between God And The Soul Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Eucharist; Faith; Forgiveness; Grace; Jesus Christ; Love; Love - Marital; Religion; Sin; Communion; Belief; Creed; Clemency; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Theology LOVE AND FAITH, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lo, if a man, magnanimous and tender Last Line: Bear me the blessing, render him the prayer. Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed LOVE'S FLOWER, by PIERRE DE RONSARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Take thou this rose, sweet even as thou art Last Line: Even as a flower had lasted but a day. Subject(s): Faith; Flowers; Love; Belief; Creed MAN FRAIL AND GOD ETERNAL, by ISAAC WATTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our god, our help in ages past Last Line: And our eternal home. Variant Title(s): Hymn;our Dwelling Place;psalm 90: 1-5 Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Vanity; Belief; Creed; Theology MARIA TO HENRIC, by A YOUNG LADY [PSEUD.] Poem Text First Line: "minutes grow tedious, time too slowly moves" Last Line: "all yours -- adieu, my royal love, adieu" Alternate Author Name(s): A Young Lady Subject(s): Faith;fear;love; Belief;creed MARMION: CANTO 1. THE CASTLE, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Day set on norham's castled steep Last Line: Which gave again the prospect fair. Subject(s): Castles; Christmas; Courage; Faith; Flodden Field, England; Love; Nativity, The; Valor; Bravery; Belief; Creed MASTERY, by ETHEL RINER SUBLETTE Poem Text First Line: This is the sea Last Line: I grew from the seed of eternity. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: TUESDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The saviour died, according to our faith Last Line: Pain is its cure, and it exists no more. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Faith; Healing; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Salvation; Belief; Creed; Cures; Theology MEMORY, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My home is now a thousand miles away Last Line: Lord, in that strait, the judge! Remember me! Subject(s): Faith; Sea Voyages; Belief; Creed MESSAGES, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: We flash a thought across the wave Last Line: His soul attuned to trust. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed METAMORPHOSES: THE GOLDEN AGE, by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When faith and honesty with willing hand Last Line: And blest content prolonged the golden reign. Alternate Author Name(s): Ovid Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Flowers; Honesty; World; Belief; Creed MIRACLE, by CAROLINE L. GOFORTH Poem Text First Line: I went into the woods today Last Line: A psalm. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed MIRACLES, by GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON Poem Text First Line: Each day one meets a miracle Last Line: Hang out the evening star. Subject(s): Faith; God; Miracles; Belief; Creed MODERNISM, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: What is this modern cult of man Last Line: Conceived in love for sinful man? Subject(s): Evolution; Faith; Science; Belief; Creed; Scientists MORSUS ET SALVATIO, by JAMES MONROE DOWNUM Poem Text First Line: No darkest night was e'er so drear and weird Last Line: Filling the soul with noblest life sublime! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed MULTUM DILEXIT, by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She sat and wept beside his feet; the weight Last Line: Make me a humble thing of love and the tears. Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley Subject(s): Faith; Sin; Belief; Creed MY BELIEF, by KATE M. CHIDESTER Poem Text First Line: From that deep sleep that men call death Last Line: Escaped from sin and care and time. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Dead, The; Belief; Creed MY CREED, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hold that christian grace abounds Last Line: Is dry as dust. Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed MY CREED, by JEANETTE LEONARD GILDER Poem Text First Line: I do not fear to tread the path that those I love long since have trod Last Line: Tis what we do, not what we say, that makes us worthy of his grace. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed MY DREAM ABOUT THE SECOND COMING, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mary is an old woman without shoes Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed MY DREAM OF THE NEW YEAR, by OLIVA WARD BUSH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Through the waning hours of moments Last Line: Brightening up my glad new year. Alternate Author Name(s): Bush-banks, Oliva Ward Subject(s): Faith; Holidays; Hope; New Year; Belief; Creed; Optimism MY FAITH, by FREDERIC LAWRENCE KNOWLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This body is my house - it is not I Last Line: Triumphant in this faith I live, and die. Alternate Author Name(s): Paget, R. L. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed MY LITTLE TREE, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They tell me that my little tree Last Line: And evermore abound. Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Belief; Creed MY SPIRIT WILL GROW UP, by RUTH EVELYN HENDERSON Poem Text First Line: Some day my spirit will grow up tall and wise Last Line: "hurt me your worst, and I will love you still!" Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed MYSTIC FAITH, by CARROLL RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The dream of life, the mystery of death Last Line: Of death I learn it. Peace, o soul, be still! Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed NEVER BELIEVE, by LINDLEY WILLIAMS HUBBELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Never believe me when I say Last Line: Never believe that I am weeping. Alternate Author Name(s): Hayasi Shuseki Subject(s): Faith; Spring; Belief; Creed NEW DREAMS FOR OLD, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: God, who through ages past Last Line: Give us new dreams for old! Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Religion; Nightmares; Belief; Creed; Theology NIGHT THOUGHTS; THE COMPLAINT: 6. THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED (1), by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She (for I know not yet her name in heav'n) Last Line: Stronger than death, and smiling at the tomb. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Future Life; Immortality; Life; Love; Night; Wealth; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Bedtime; Riches; Fortunes NIGHT THOUGHTS; THE COMPLAINT: 7. THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED (2), by EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Heav'n gives the needful, but neglected, call Last Line: Let the grave listen; -- and be graver still. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Hearts; Immortality; Life; Night; Reason; Soul; Virtue; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Bedtime; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals NINE BLACK POPPIES FOR CHAC, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: The junta was jubilant around the mortised fountain Last Line: Irrigating pink in the eternal spring rains. Subject(s): Bodies; Faith; Murder; Poppies; War; Belief; Creed NISHMAS, by FLORENCE WEISBERG Poem Text First Line: The breath of ev'ry living thing Last Line: No king but thee we know! Subject(s): Faith; God; Jews; Belief; Creed; Judaism NOT YET, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not yet thou knowest what I do Last Line: Hereafter thou shalt know. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed NOW I SEE, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now I see!' but not the parting Last Line: Now I see' that god is love. Subject(s): Bible; Faith; God; Love; Religion; Vision; Belief; Creed; Theology O, YE OF LITTLE FAITH, by HARRIET GARRETT Poem Text First Line: It seems our life is made up of regrets Last Line: The darkest night would seem as fairest day! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ODE TO A REDBREAST, by MARCUS S. C. RICKARDS Poem Text First Line: The darling thou of many a heart Last Line: "thy glancing heaven may show!" Subject(s): Death; Faith; Hope; Nature; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Optimism OF THOSE WHO WALK ALONE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Women there are on earth, of courage and high Last Line: Earth's wrongs are ended. Subject(s): Courage; Death; Earth; Faith; Loss; Love; Soul; Women; Valor; Bravery; Dead, The; World; Belief; Creed OLD YEAR, GOOD-NIGHT!, by ALEXANDER MACLEAN Poem Text First Line: Old year, good - night! A faithful friend Last Line: Old year, good-night! Subject(s): Faith; Friendship; Holidays; New Year; Night; Belief; Creed; Bedtime OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God moves in a mysterious way, / his wonders to perform Last Line: And he will make it plain. Variant Title(s): Providence;hymn: In A Mysterious Way;mysteries Of Providence Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes a light surprises Last Line: I cannot but rejoice. Variant Title(s): In Him Confiding Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed OLNEY HYMNS: 55. LOVE CONSTRAINING TO OBEDIENCE, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No strength of nature can suffice Last Line: And duty into choice. Subject(s): Faith; Obedience; Belief; Creed OLNEY HYMNS: 60. A LIVING AND A DEAD FAITH, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lord receives his highest praise Last Line: Unless that grace has made him free! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed OLNEY HYMNS: 65. PRAISE FOR FAITH, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of all the gifts thine hand bestows Last Line: That makes him precious too. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed OMNIPOTENCE, by F. G. HAGER Poem Text First Line: Between my index finger and my thumb Last Line: The fool says in his heart, there is no god. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ON A FLIGHT OF LADY-BIRDS, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Over the summer sea Last Line: And we cannot answer a word. Subject(s): Birds; Faith; Belief; Creed ON A THUNDERSTORM (PRESERVED BY HIS SCHOOLMASTER), by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll Last Line: And harden'd sinners thy just vengeance fear. Subject(s): Faith; Storms; Belief; Creed ON EXODUS III. 14. I AM THAT I AM; AN ODE, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Man! Foolish man! Last Line: Which faith had dictated, and angels trod. Subject(s): Faith; Fools; Mankind; Belief; Creed; Idiots; Human Race ON FAITH, REASON, AND SIGHT, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a threefold correspondent light Last Line: The things of god without a light divine? Subject(s): Faith; Mankind; Mediums; Reason; Sight; Belief; Creed; Human Race; Spiritualists; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals ON MY DOG'S DEATH, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: My friend has gone Last Line: I am learning to listen. Subject(s): Animals; Death; Dogs; Faith; Friendship; Grief; Love; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness ON THE DECLINE OF FAITH, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As in some half-burned forest, one by one Last Line: Hold fast to god, and god will hold thee fast! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ON THE FORMING SUBSTANCE OF ORISHAS, by WILL ALEXANDER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like spectra glass Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology ON THE GROUND OF TRUE AND FALSE RELIGION, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Explain religion by a thousand schemes Last Line: From earth to heav'n, where god is all in all. Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Religion; Religious Discrimination; Belief; Creed; Theology; Religious Conflict ON THE NEEDLE OF A SUN-DIAL, by FRANCIS QUARLES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Behold this needle when the artick [artic] stone Last Line: In any object but his heaven, his god. Subject(s): Faith; Sundials; Belief; Creed ON TRINITY SUNDAY (2), by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One god the father - certainly this term Last Line: Will find in their true, single hearts a place. Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Faith; Holy Ghost; Religion; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed; Holy Spirit; Theology ONE STEP AT A TIME, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's a mine of comfort for you and me Last Line: A single step at a time. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Prayer; Roads; Travel; Belief; Creed; Paths; Trails; Journeys; Trips ORGAN SONGS: GOD; NOT GIFT, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gray clouds my heaven have covered o'er Last Line: And all the world may sleep for me! Subject(s): Faith; God; Hope; Nature; Belief; Creed; Optimism OUR CLUB CREED, by MARION LE FLORE Poem Text First Line: Lord, the newness of the day Last Line: That's the way to heaven. Subject(s): Clubs (associations); Faith; Belief; Creed OUR CREED, by JOSEPH LEONARD LEVY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is one only god Last Line: His justice and his grace. Subject(s): Faith; God; Jews; Belief; Creed; Judaism OUR HIDDEN LEAVES, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, the hidden leaves of life Last Line: God's light falling on the leaves. Subject(s): Faith; God; Leaves; Love; Nature; Belief; Creed OUR KIND OF MAN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The kind of a man for you and me! Last Line: Is the kind of a man for you and me! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Life; Love; Sin; Belief; Creed OUT OF BABYLON, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I stole out of babylon beyond the stolid warders Last Line: Dreaming of earth's loveliness, happy to be free! Subject(s): Babylon; Escapes; Faith; Freedom; Morality; Music & Musicians; Fugitives; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Ethics OUTDOOR PEACE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have fears and worries vexed you? Last Line: The home that will receive you. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PATER FILIO, by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sense with keenest edge unused Last Line: Of her crime in thee, my treasure. Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Robert+(2) Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PAULINE, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pauline, mine own, bend o'er me - thy soft breast Last Line: Or touch of fear. Love me and wish me well. Subject(s): Creation; Faith; Belief; Creed PEACE, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave Last Line: "is only there." Subject(s): Faith; Jerusalem; Worship; Belief; Creed PEACE, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My soul, there is a country Last Line: Thy god, thy life, thy cure. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Variant Title(s): Sweet Peace Subject(s): Death; Faith; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Peace; Soul; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Paradise PEACE (1), by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Is this the peace of god, this strange sweet calm Last Line: And feel that thou art near, and know that I am blest. Subject(s): Faith; Peace; Worship; Belief; Creed PEAKS, by HENRY BELLAMANN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Quiet faces Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PERMANENCY, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A lover carved upon a bed of stone Last Line: The ice age spoke -- time's snow against love's flame! Subject(s): Faith; Love; Names; Passion; Belief; Creed PIETY, by MORRIS ABEL BEER Poem Text First Line: Who builds a church within his heart Last Line: Is but a one-day house of prayer. Variant Title(s): The Church In The Heart Subject(s): Faith; Piety; Belief; Creed PILGRIMAGE, by LAURA CAMPBELL Poem Text First Line: I will tread on the golden grass of my bright field Last Line: In the glow of the early day; and the east is red. Subject(s): Beauty; Faith; Immortality; Nature - Religious Aspects; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Travel; Walking; Belief; Creed; Journeys; Trips POETIC EPIGRAMS: 4. THE FAITHLESS, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A church-bell in the dawn Last Line: I too -- alas! -- sleep on. Subject(s): Bells; Churches; Faith; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed PRAESTO, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Expecting him, my door was open wide Last Line: I know not, knowing only he was there. Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Belief; Creed PRAYER, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, grant us eyes to see, and ears to hear Last Line: And thou thyself, lord christ, for corner stone. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Lord, Grant Us Eyes Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PRAYER, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I do not undertake to say Last Line: "says ""pray, for prayer availeth much." Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Heaven; Hope; Life; Prayer; Soul; Belief; Creed; Paradise; Optimism PRAYER FOR COURAGE, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why should I long for what I know Last Line: The bright conviction of the stars. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Belief; Creed PRAYER OF THE LOST, by ALETHEA TODD ALDERSON Poem Text First Line: Dear god, I am so far away from thee Last Line: Of clouds that hide from sight the long road back. Subject(s): Faith; God; Prayer; Belief; Creed PRELUDE, by NEIL TRACY Poem Text First Line: A thing long sought Last Line: With a thing long sought. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Relationships; Youth; Dead, The; Belief; Creed PRELUDE TO FAITH, by MARJORIE MERRILL BLISS Poem Text First Line: When the last light dust from the drying stalks Last Line: Grant us to keep it in the hearts of men. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 154, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faith! Faith! My lord! There is none other grace Last Line: All grace with't to the soul gods praise to sing. Subject(s): Faith; Puritans In Literature; Belief; Creed PROGRESS, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Is it a wave we catch at Last Line: To voyage the universe? Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Sea; Universe; Nightmares; Belief; Creed; Ocean PROGRESS OF UNBELIEF, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now is the autumn of the tree of life Last Line: Waits but to burn the stem before her idol's throne. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PROMETHEUS UNBOUND; A LYRICAL DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Monarch of gods and daemons, and all spirits Last Line: This is alone life; joy, empire, and victory! Subject(s): Courage; Faith; Freedom; Supernatural; Valor; Bravery; Belief; Creed; Liberty PROMISE, by WINIFRED LUCAS Poem Text First Line: Chance-glimpsed on earth, this phantom of a friend Last Line: The way be lost. Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PROVERBS, by JAMES SMITH (1775-1839) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My good aunt bridget, spite of age Last Line: "whose motto's ""ne quid nimis." Subject(s): Faith; Proverbs; Wisdom; Belief; Creed; Maxims; Adages PROVIDENCE, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lo, the lilies of the field Last Line: God provideth for the morrow. Variant Title(s): Hymn: Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PS. CXIII.9, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY Poem Text First Line: Lord, look upon my barren life Last Line: With faith and hope and charity. Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed PSALM 73: INTRODUCTORY LINES, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: The sudden storms that heave me to and fro Last Line: Such goodly light king david giveth me. Variant Title(s): The Noble Voyage Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed PSALM XIII, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Offended majesty! How long Last Line: And rapture swells my song. Subject(s): Faith; God; Pain; Belief; Creed; Suffering; Misery QUIA ABSURDUM, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Guard yourself from the terrible empty light of space, the bottomless Last Line: Or the communist rat-fight: faith will cover your head from the man-devouring stars Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed QUID PRO QUO, by PAUL MARIANI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just after my wife's miscarriage (her second Subject(s): Miscarriage; God; Birth; Faith; Child Birth; Midwifery; Belief; Creed QUO ABEO?, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: The flood flows down, the sails are spreading Last Line: Alone, alone! Subject(s): Faith; God; Life; Sailing & Sailors; Solitude; Travel; Belief; Creed; Seamen; Sails; Loneliness; Journeys; Trips RAGS AND BONES, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: This morning, as I wandered forth Last Line: That's snow-bound by anemones. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed REBEL FAITH, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ere dawn I was gone Last Line: In my home behind me! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed RECESSIONAL, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God of our fathers, known of old Last Line: Thy mercy on thy people, lord! Variant Title(s): Lest We Forget! Subject(s): Faith; God; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Humanity; Imperialism; Patriotism; Prayer; Religion; Soldiers; Wealth; Belief; Creed; British Empire; England - Empire; Theology; Riches; Fortunes RECOMPENSE, by EVA L. CRAWFORD Poem Text First Line: He said he would come to meet me Last Line: My long lost paradise. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed RECREATION, by HELEN PRICKETT OITTO Poem Text First Line: The sunshine's reflection / on tiny, bright billows Last Line: In god and in man. Subject(s): Faith; Nature; Belief; Creed REDEMPTION, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Having been tenant long to a rich lord Last Line: Who straight, your suit is granted, said, and died. Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; Jesus Christ; Redemption; Belief; Creed RELIGIO LAICI; OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars Last Line: Tom sternhold's, or tom sha--ll's rhymes will serve. Variant Title(s): Finite Reason;reason And Revelation;reason And The Soul;religio Laici, Or, A Layman's Faith: A Poem Subject(s): Anglican Church; Faith; Protestantism; Religion; Translating & Interpreting; Belief; Creed; Theology RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION, by MINA LOY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This misalliance / follows the custom Alternate Author Name(s): Cravan, Arthur, Mrs.; Lowy, Mina Gertrude; Haweis, Stephen, Mrs. Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; Belief; Creed REMEMBER, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In thy time, and times of mourning Last Line: "through rocks he cutteth out rivers." Subject(s): Faith; Grief; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness RENEWAL OF STRENGTH, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The prison-house in which I live Last Line: Renews it day by day. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed REQUIREMENT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We live by faith; but faith is not the slave Last Line: Firm-rooted in the faith that god is good. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology RESURGAM, by MARJORIE LOWRY CHRISTIE PICKTHALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I shall say, lord, 'is it music, is it morning' Last Line: "love is the end." Subject(s): Faith; God; Love; Belief; Creed REVELATION, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: Say not that death is king, that night is lord Last Line: When flooding sunrise told the night was gone. Variant Title(s): Easter Subject(s): Easter; Faith; Holidays; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed REVELATION, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When all the choric peal shall end Last Line: God may emerge at last. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Faith; God; Mankind; Belief; Creed; Human Race ROADSIDE POEMS: SAINT PETER, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O peter, wherefore didst thou doubt? Last Line: And on the sea forget the land! Subject(s): Doubt; Faith; God; Jesus Christ; Peter, Saint (c. 64 A.d.); Skepticism; Belief; Creed ROADSIDE POEMS: THE SHEEP AND THE GOAT, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The thousand streets of london gray Last Line: Thou didst it unto him. Subject(s): Children; Faith; Goats; Poverty; Sheep; Childhood; Belief; Creed ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: INTRODUCTION, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When vex'd by slander's treacherous breath Last Line: Will bleed to death sweetly. Subject(s): Anger; Defamation; Faith; Slander; Libel; Belief; Creed RONDEAU: 6, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou hast no faith of him that hath none Last Line: Thou hast no faith. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 19 Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed ROSH HASHANAH, by PENINA MOISE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Into the tomb of ages past Last Line: With hopes revived the festal greet! Subject(s): Faith; Jews; Rosh Hashanah; Belief; Creed; Judaism S. PHILIP YE DEACON, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: Faith, thou art boundless; not one graine Last Line: He throws himselfe into ye fire againe. Subject(s): Clergy; Faith; Jesus Christ; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed SACRED SONG, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The turf shall be my fragrant shrine Last Line: Thy touch shall turn all bright again! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology SAD VENTURES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I stood and watched my ships go out Last Line: A crown linked to a cross Subject(s): "cross, The;crosses;crowns;faith;farewell;ships & Shipping;" Belief;creed;parting SALVATION, by JANE FRANCESCA WILDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the gloom is deepest round thee Last Line: Trust in him, and he will save thee! Alternate Author Name(s): Speranza; Elgee, Jane Francesca; Wilde, William Robert Wills, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SARAH'S PROMISE, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who understands better than I Last Line: Spare me my one good boy. Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Bible; Faith; Sons; Belief; Creed SAVED, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is the soul he would save? Last Line: For the life of our life art thou! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SCIENCE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A million globes awhirl in unlit space Last Line: At last, the meaning of the master-mind. Subject(s): Faith; God; Science; Space & Space Travel; Truth; Vision; Belief; Creed; Scientists; Outer Space; Fourth Dimension SECOND THOUGHTS, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: Was it I who dreamed Last Line: In the endless, love! Subject(s): Doubt; Dreams; Faith; Love; Perseverance; Skepticism; Nightmares; Belief; Creed SEPARATION, by LORETTA POWER WILSON Poem Text First Line: And I would live in the house of my lord Last Line: After this travail of separation is over. Alternate Author Name(s): Hartley, Loretta P. W. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SHE HEARD MUSIC, by MAUDE SCRUGGS Poem Text First Line: She heard music. Her soul received Last Line: She heard music. Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Music & Musicians; Soul; Belief; Creed SHE PARTED WITH HER LOVER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: Beneath the hollow sea! Subject(s): Bells;faith;love;sea; Belief;creed;ocean SHEKH AHNAF'S LETTER FROM BAGDAD, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In allah's name, the ever merciful Last Line: To keep his faith undarkened in tangier! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Faith; Letters; Love; Prophecy & Prophets; Belief; Creed SIMCHAS TORAH, by JUDAH LEON GORDON Poem Text First Line: Lechayim, my brethren, lechayim, I say! Last Line: Who gave us the law on its parchment scroll. Alternate Author Name(s): Gordon, J. L.; Gordon, Judah Loeb Subject(s): Faith; God; Jews; Belief; Creed; Judaism SINGING FAITH, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Darkness and doubt and despair Last Line: Love? It bewitches the way. Subject(s): Despair; Doubt; Dreams; Faith; Singing & Singers; Skepticism; Nightmares; Belief; Creed; Songs SISTER MARIA CELESTE, GALILEO'S DAUGHTER, WRITES TO FRIEND, by MADELINE DEFREES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Again I am at sea. If this be faith , it is not Last Line: The battered hulk to the ocean floor. Alternate Author Name(s): Mary Gilbert, Sister; De Frees, Madeline Variant Title(s): Sister Maria Celeste, Galileo's Daughter, Writes To A Friend Subject(s): Discontent; Faith; Dissatisfaction; Belief; Creed SLIPPING AWAY, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Slipping away -- slipping away! Last Line: We are slipping away to the shores of peace. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Happiness; Peace; Seasons; World; Belief; Creed; Joy; Delight SOLUTION, by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now loss has solved Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SONG, by SARAH FLOWER ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Nearer, my god, to thee Last Line: Nearer to thee! Alternate Author Name(s): Adams, Sarah Fuller Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SONG BEFORE SORROW, by LOUISE A. BALDWIN Poem Text First Line: I can be brave when dim cathedral bells Last Line: Resound the brazen note of bugle calls. Subject(s): Faith; Public Worship; Belief; Creed; Church Attendance SONG OF SOCIAL DESPAIR, by MARVIN BELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ethics without faith, excuse me Last Line: Inevitably on the wrong side looking out. Subject(s): Faith; Family Life; Morality; Belief; Creed; Relatives; Ethics SONG: 102, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Farewell, all my welfare Last Line: Of my great grief the great excess. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Farewell; Love; Pain; Seduction; Truth; Belief; Creed; Parting; Suffering; Misery SONG: 103, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now must I learn to live at rest Last Line: That I have lak'd so long. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Life; Love; Women; Belief; Creed SONG: 105, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now all of change / must be my song Last Line: To quit the craft that me beguiled. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Grief; Pain; Singing & Singers; Time; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness; Suffering; Misery SONG: 63, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy promise was to love me best Last Line: I promise thee, I promise thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Hearts; Love; Belief; Creed SONG: 64, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I see the change from that that was Last Line: I see the change. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Psalm Subject(s): Change; Faith; Patience; Belief; Creed SONG: 66, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Give place all ye that doth rejoice Last Line: Praise it who list, I like it not. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Cruelty; Faith; Hearts; Love; Voices; Belief; Creed SONG: 67, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grudge on who list, this is my lot Last Line: No thing to want if it were not. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Eyes; Faith; Hearts; Love; Belief; Creed SONG: 83, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O, cruel heart, where is thy faith? Last Line: Farewell my love and all my woe. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Cruelty; Faith; Hearts; Love; Tears; Time; Belief; Creed SONG: 89, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Longer to trow ye Last Line: Where I could not so. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed SONGS TO AN UNBELIEVER, by MABEL LORENZ IVES Poem Text First Line: There is no god, in heaven or earth or sea Last Line: Himself is god. Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed SONGS, SET TO MUSIC BY THE MOST EMINENT MASTERS: 20, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Phillis, give this humour over Last Line: Live in far more perfect joy. Subject(s): Beauty; Faith; Happiness; Pride; Women; Youth; Belief; Creed; Joy; Delight; Self-esteem; Self-respect SONNET TO DUNNINGTON CASTLE: 2, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As slow and solemn yonder deepening knell Last Line: Heeds how the faithless bauble melts away. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Mortality; Sonnet (as Literary Form); Youth; Dead, The; Belief; Creed SONNET TO FORTUNE, by LUCY AIKEN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: What hopest thou, goddess, when thy envious care Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Lucy Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SONNET TO MANON: HE PROTESTS, NOTWITHSTANDING HIS LOVE, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To be cast forth from the fair light of heaven Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FALL OF 1914: 6, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is my faith, and my mind's heritage Last Line: That doth the greater births of time await! Subject(s): Faith; World War I; Belief; Creed; First World War SONNET: 41, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By bolstered words I am borne in hand Last Line: Is my 'no fears' of your 'no faith'. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Fear; Language; Belief; Creed; Words; Vocabulary SONNET: 42, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Driving to desire, adread also to dare Last Line: Though double in deeds, a inward perfect man. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Desire; Faith; Fear; Hope; Belief; Creed; Optimism SONNET: 9, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have patience; it is fit that in this wise Last Line: Ay, and thy second slumber will be deep. Variant Title(s): Sorrow Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SONNET: FATE, OR GOD?, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond the record of all eldest things Last Line: While faith, with lowliest reverence, whispers -- god! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SONNET: THE PRIEST'S PRAYER, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have pity, lord! Let me not die alone! Last Line: Let me drink hemlock, if it slake my thirst! Subject(s): Clergy; Faith; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed SOWINGS, by MILLARD FILLMORE BUMGARNER Poem Text First Line: The master took some little seeds Last Line: Are threaded through my work? Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SPACIOUS MAGNITUDE, by REX G. WILSON Poem Text Last Line: The one whose name is love? Subject(s): Blessings; Faith; Belief; Creed SPEED THAT PROW, by JAMES MONTGOMERY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not the ship that swiftest saileth Last Line: Glory everlasting shines. Alternate Author Name(s): The Common Lot Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SPEEDWELL: FEMALE FEDELITY, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beloved, it is morn Last Line: Faithful to god and thee. Variant Title(s): Song Subject(s): Faith; Flowers; Prayer; Belief; Creed SPES EST VATES, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a saying of the ancient sages Last Line: And rounded into spheres! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SPIRITUAL RADIO, by ELLEN BURNS SHERMAN Poem Text First Line: When man to man may waft across the world Last Line: The orisons that wing the silent night? Subject(s): Faith; Night; Prayer; Belief; Creed; Bedtime SPRING FANTASIES: 1. MAY DAY IN MARCH, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: March with her madcap winds, march with her weather Last Line: Twas ever anything on earth but may! Subject(s): Faith; Fantasy; March (month); May (month); Seasons; Soul; Spring; Belief; Creed ST. CHRISTOPHER OF THE GAEL, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Behind the wattle-woven house Last Line: The peace of perfect peace he knew. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; Christianity; Christopher, Christoper (3d Century); Druids; Faith; Legends; Monks; Peace; Salvation; Druidism; Belief; Creed STANZAS, by ANNE BRONTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, weep not, love! Each tear that springs Last Line: This faithful heart from thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed STANZAS, by HORACE SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why with its ring has the connecting sea Last Line: And speed its course with zealous heart and hand! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Love; Peace; Sea; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Ocean STIRRED UP BY RAIN, by CHASE TWICHELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I fired up the mower Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed SUNDOWN, by BERT LESTON TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When my sun of life is low Last Line: Now I lay me down to sleep. Alternate Author Name(s): T., B. L. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Dead, The; Belief; Creed TEACH US TO WAIT!, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why are we so impatient of delay Last Line: Lord, make us also to believe and trust! Subject(s): Faith; Patience; Belief; Creed TESTAMENT (TO MY CHILD), by GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON Poem Text First Line: I cannot will you much of wealth Last Line: All good shall flow to you. Subject(s): Children; Faith; Love; Parents; Childhood; Belief; Creed; Parenthood THAT I COULD KNOW, by RUBY MARION WRAY Poem Text First Line: Would the poets dream that I could know Last Line: When these are mine, I'll know the poet's dreams. Subject(s): Faith; Poetry & Poets; Belief; Creed THE 'HIGHER CRITICISM', by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O sophistry! How many lips have kissed Last Line: By all, disprove, perforce, each lying test. Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; Belief; Creed THE ANSWER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spare me, dread angel of reproof Last Line: "as thou forsakest him!" Subject(s): Faith; Loyalty; Belief; Creed THE ARCHITECT (1), by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The only places I can find you Last Line: Forms most faithfully the face of god. Subject(s): Architecture & Architects; Churches; Faith; Fathers & Daughters; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed THE ARTIST'S PRAYER, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord god, I have been guilty in my life Last Line: Speak, through my pigments, of the son of man. Subject(s): Faith; God; Love; Passion; Prayer; Soul; Belief; Creed THE AUTHOR'S EPITAPH, MADE BY HIMSELF, by WALTER RALEIGH Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Even such is time, that takes in trust Last Line: My god shall raise me up, I trust. Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Variant Title(s): Verses Found In His Bible .. At Westminster;the Conclusion;lines Written The Night Before His Execution;to-day A Man, To-morrow None;last Line;his Epitaph;lines Found In His Bible In The Gate-house;even Such Is Time;verses Made The Night Before His Beheading;verses Made The Night Before He Died;lines Said To Have Been Written On The Eve Of His Execution;epitaph;verses Written In His Bible Subject(s): Ambition; Death; Easter; Faith; Great Britain - History; Heaven; Holidays; New Year; Religion; Time; Transience; Dead, The; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed; English History; Paradise; Theology; Impermanence THE BALLAD WHICH ANNE ASKEW MADE AND SANG WHEN SHE WAS IN NEWGATE, by ANNE ASKEWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like as the armed knight Last Line: Of their iniquitie. Alternate Author Name(s): Askew, Anne; Kyme, Anne (askew) Variant Title(s): Balade Made And Sange Whan She Was In Newgate;the Fight Of Faith Subject(s): Faith; Heresy; Belief; Creed; Heretics THE BEELAH VIADUCT, by JOHN CLOSE Poem Text First Line: O wondrous age! A wondrous age we live in Last Line: When we have bid farewell to earthly things. Alternate Author Name(s): Poet Close Subject(s): Angels; Earth; Faith; Religion; World; Belief; Creed; Theology THE BEGINNINGS OF FAITH, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All travail of high thought Last Line: To some clear, firm assurance of a satisfying creed. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE BELIVED-IN, by JAMES MCMICHAEL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Christmas comes from stories Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed THE BIRD OF CHRIST, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Holy, holy, holy Last Line: All the birds together. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Birds; Faith; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Rewards; Salvation; Self-immolation; Women - Bible; Belief; Creed; Virgin Mary THE BLIND PREACHER, by YAKOV POLONSKY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Upon a lonely road at shut of day Last Line: "the stones of the wilderness returned ""amen""." Subject(s): Clergy; Faith; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: When a deacon in their church dreamt god would burn portland Last Line: Bright as trumpets, far and farther. Subject(s): Birds; Faith; Moving & Movers; Owls; Prophecy & Prophets; Belief; Creed THE BUGLE, by EDWARD FORRESTER SUTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh calling, and calling, at the rising of the sun Last Line: "I call, I call!" Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, E. Subject(s): Bugles; Duty; Faith; God; Messengers; Patriotism; Belief; Creed THE BUILDER, by MARGARET GROSVENOR Poem Text First Line: Though you have lost the faith that urged your hand Last Line: A shrine, though consecrated to a simpler use. Subject(s): Faith; God; Stone-cutting; Belief; Creed THE CALL, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, my way, my truth, my life Last Line: Such a heart as joys in love. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE CANDLE, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: The life and death I once did mark Last Line: Converts ye candles into starrs. Subject(s): Candles; Christianity; Faith; Humanity; Youth; Belief; Creed THE CAPTAINS OF THE YEARS, by ARTHUR RAYMOND MACDOUGALL JR. Poem Text First Line: I watched the captains Last Line: While christ rode on ahead. Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE CHANGE, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With brunettes I now have finish'd Last Line: Klopstock wrote some time ago? Subject(s): Change; Faith; Hair; Soul; Belief; Creed THE COLLAR, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I struck the board and cried, no more Last Line: And I replied, my lord. Subject(s): Anger; Christianity; Despair; Faith; God; Revolutions; Belief; Creed THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yea, they who fear the lord will often speak Last Line: An earthly father's thy paternal love. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Saints; Belief; Creed; Theology THE CREED TO BE, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our thoughts are molding unmade spheres Last Line: And let the christ within thee rise.' Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE CRUSADERS' MARCH, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Raise ye up the song of zion Last Line: Cross and banner, sword and spear! Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin) Subject(s): Christianity; Crusades; Faith; Martyrs; Belief; Creed THE DEATH OF MOSES, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Israel, my hour is come Last Line: And triumphantly fight for the lord. Subject(s): Christianity; Death; Faith; God; Moses; Dead, The; Belief; Creed THE DISCIPLE, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The times are changed, and gone the day Last Line: In that fear doubteth thee. Subject(s): Christianity; Doubt; Education; Faith; Fathers & Sons; God; Humility; Skepticism; Belief; Creed THE DOUBTER'S PRAYER, by ANNE BRONTE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Eternal power, of earth and air! Last Line: A spring of comfort in my heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Belief; Creed THE DREAM, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, great it is to believe the dream Last Line: "and say at the end, ""the dream is true!" Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Nightmares; Belief; Creed THE DYCKMAN HOUSE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Plain as the brass of an old sword-hilt Last Line: "shall look the world in the face again." Subject(s): Faith; Freedom; New York City - Revolutionary Period; Belief; Creed; Liberty THE EAVESDROPPER, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If little boys don't hurry off to bed Last Line: Would take away the things he left last year! Subject(s): Children; Christmas; Faith; Gifts & Giving; Santa Claus; Childhood; Nativity, The; Belief; Creed; Nicholas, Saint THE ECLIPSE OF FAITH, by THEODORE DWIGHT WOOLSEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The shapes that frowned before the eyes Last Line: And faith forbid to burn. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE EDELWEISS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Far up on sternest alpine crests Last Line: And find faith's edelweiss. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE EVER-OPEN WAY, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I sometimes like, when all my way seems barred Last Line: And thou thyself art still my strength and song. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Prayer; Belief; Creed THE FAITH OF A CHILD, by PATRICK MACGILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I've learned the tale of the crooning waves Last Line: Of rosses by the sea. Subject(s): Brothers; Death - Children; Faith; Heaven; Half-brothers; Death - Babies; Belief; Creed; Paradise THE FAITH OF CHRIST'S FREEMEN, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: Our faith is not in dead saints' bones Last Line: God's present purpose to fulfill. Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Belief; Creed THE FAITH OF LINCOLN, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Ah, no! Thou didst not yield thy trust in god Last Line: Thou patient bore thy cross to calvary. Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed THE FAITHFUL BRIDE; A MIDRASHIC PARABLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There is a legend (and 'tis quaintly sweet) Last Line: "'thy law, o lord, which was my joy, my all!'" Subject(s): Faith;jews;legends; Belief;creed;judaism THE FAITHFUL FARMERS, by CAP WALLER Poem Text First Line: We are all prone to holler about Last Line: Put this nation upon its feet. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE FAITHLESS SHEPHERDESS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There once was a time when I loved Last Line: And arrest all these fast-flowing tears. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Faith; Love - Loss Of; Pain; Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Unfaithfulness; Belief; Creed; Suffering; Misery; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy THE FAR-OFF DAY, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whenever I behold a little bird Last Line: And bird and beast and man are one in thee. Subject(s): Birds; Cain; Faith; Love; Vision; Belief; Creed THE FEAST OF LIGHTS, by EMMA LAZARUS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Kindle the taper like the steadfast star Last Line: The maccabean spirit leap new-born! Subject(s): Faith; Israel; Jews; Judas Iscariot (d. 30 A.d.); Belief; Creed; Judaism THE FUNERAL, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The coffin, as I past across the lane Last Line: For it pleased god to take her to his mercy. Subject(s): Birth; Death; Faith; Mothers; Selflessness; Child Birth; Midwifery; Dead, The; Belief; Creed THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For some/it is stone Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE GLORIOUS GAME, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I go about dumfoundedly, and show a dullard's glance Last Line: Sky-larking down the days! Subject(s): Faith; Music & Musicians; Truth; Belief; Creed THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPER, by FLORENCE MCKEEN KEPHART Poem Text First Line: I've ironed from my conscience the wrinkles Last Line: My house in order at last. Subject(s): Faith; Housekeeping; Belief; Creed THE GREAT CALAMITY, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Macfierce 'un came to whiskeyhurst Last Line: To see two strong men weep. Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Faith; Life; Summer; Belief; Creed THE GREATEST SIN, by J. A. PETERSON Poem Text First Line: My friend would guard my treasures as his own Last Line: He robbed me of my faith in god today. Variant Title(s): The Greater Sin Subject(s): Doubt; Faith; Friendship; God; Religion; Sin; Skepticism; Belief; Creed; Theology THE GROUND-ROBIN, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From a low birch-tree just outside my window Last Line: Sing on, ground-robin, sing! Subject(s): Faith; Grief; June; Love; New Hampshire; Robins; Summer; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness THE GUEST OF PHINEUS, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Man hungers long. Into his cup is poured Last Line: To whirlwind ruin o'er the ionian main! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE GUIDE, by GRACE ROBERTSON TUTTLE Poem Text First Line: Oh, you who walk among the sons of men Last Line: "exult, ""god gives new 'venture to our hand!" Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE HARP OF FAITH, by ABRAM SAMUEL ISAACS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At midnight, so the rabbis tell Last Line: Resound in glad refrain. Subject(s): Faith; Jews; Belief; Creed; Judaism THE HEART'S PROOF, by JAMES BUCKHAM Poem Text First Line: Do you ask me how I prove Last Line: By a thousand, thousand things! Alternate Author Name(s): Pastnor, Paul Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE HERETIC, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: He gives to death world-prejudice. World-woe Last Line: To seek a truce of heaven with heaven's god. Subject(s): Faith; God; Heresy; Belief; Creed; Heretics THE HOUND OF HEAVEN, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I fled him, down the nights and down the days Last Line: "thou dravest love from thee, who dravest me." Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Faith; God; Jesus Christ; Redemption; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE IDEAL FOUND, by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I've met thee, whom I dared not hope to meet Last Line: What there thou ever wert, a beautiful, bright dream! Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Life; Love; Nightmares; Belief; Creed THE JOURNEY, by JOHN THOMAS MCFARLAND Poem Text First Line: I go not where I will but must Last Line: My captain's smile and words at last. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE KINGDOM OF GOD, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: O world invisible, we view thee Last Line: Not of gennesareth, but thames! Variant Title(s): In No Strange Land Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; Jesus Christ; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE LABORER, by WILLIAM DAVIS GALLAGHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stand up, erect! Thou hast the form Last Line: Of life may be well trod. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE LAMP, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When a mans faith is frozen up, as dead Last Line: Then is the lamp and oyle extinguished. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE LAST MAN, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom Last Line: Or shake his trust in god! Subject(s): Death; Faith; Immortality; Dead, The; Belief; Creed THE LAST OF THE FAMILY, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What, gregory! You are come, I see, to join us Last Line: God make us ready, gregory, when it comes. Subject(s): Aging; Faith; Family Life; Funerals; God; Belief; Creed; Relatives; Burials THE LEGEND OF FAITH, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They say the lord of time and all the worlds Last Line: And the church brings the nations to her feet. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE LOST CARYATID, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When over salamis stands homer's moon Last Line: "shall build once more our home." Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Beauty; Faith; Fear; Moon; Belief; Creed THE LOST SHEEP, by ELIZABETH CECILIA CLEPHANE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There were ninety and nine that safely lay Last Line: "rejoice, for the lord brings back his own!" Variant Title(s): Ninety And Nine Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE MESSAGE OF SETH; AN ORIENTAL TRADITION, by DAVID MACBETH MOIR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Prostrate upon his couch of yellow leaves Last Line: In hope matured to faith, the first man fell asleep. Alternate Author Name(s): Delta Subject(s): Faith; Messengers; Tradition; Belief; Creed THE MONK OF HEISTERBACH, by KARL WILHELM MULLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In cloister heisterbach a youthful monk Last Line: "with god, a thousand years are as a day!" Alternate Author Name(s): Muller, Wilhelm Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE MOTHER, by LYDIA GIBSON Poem Text First Line: Never again to feel that little kiss Last Line: Oh — little hands . . . That in the dust have lain! Subject(s): Children; Death; Faith; God; Grief; Mothers; Prayer; Childhood; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness THE MOTHER'S PLEA, by WILLIAM HERBERT (1778-1847) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I stand not here in judgment, haughty priest Last Line: "leaves life its worth. That lost I welcome death." Subject(s): Death - Children; Faith; Mothers; Death - Babies; Belief; Creed THE MYSTIC, by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who holds not life more yearful than the hours Last Line: From the beginning, and of all being last. Subject(s): Faith; Mysticism; Prophecy & Prophets; Superstition; Belief; Creed THE MYSTIC'S VISION, by MATHILDE BLIND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! I shall kill myself with dreams Last Line: Your love within my bosom glows. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE NEW APOCRYPHA: THE FIG TREE, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With all of the rest of my troubles my fig tree's withered and gone Last Line: If this be the work of faith, then faith itself is a curse. Subject(s): Faith; Fig Trees; Belief; Creed THE NEW RUBAIYAT, by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Old omar, subtle weaver of the skein Last Line: Her eyes search deep and long, and make it thine. Subject(s): Faith; Omar Khayyam (1048-1122); Wisdom; Belief; Creed THE NIGHT, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Through the pure virgin-shrine Last Line: Might live invisible and dim! Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Jesus Christ; Night; Religion; Belief; Creed; Bedtime; Theology THE OLD COUPLE, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A pair of oldsters, humble folk, come straying Last Line: Behold them -- king and queen! Subject(s): Birds; Courts & Courtiers; Eyes; Faith; Flowers; Love; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Belief; Creed THE OLD FAITH TO THE CONVERTS, by FORD MADOX FORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the world is growing older Last Line: But we—we shall never return. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Conversion; Faith; Belief; Creed THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS AND HOW HE GAINED THEM, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You are old, father william,' the young man cried Last Line: And he hath not forgotten my age. Variant Title(s): Father William Subject(s): Clergy; Comfort; Faith; God; Men; Old Age; Prayer; Youth; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed THE OLD SCEPTIC, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am weary of disbelieving: why should I wound my love Last Line: And the sunset's evening hymn hallows the listening sea. Subject(s): Doubt; Faith; Skepticism; Belief; Creed THE PENITENT, by WILLIAM PETER Poem Text First Line: With guilt and shame opprest Last Line: And e'en to sinners yield a refuge from despair. Subject(s): Faith; Repentance; Belief; Creed; Penitence THE PHILOSOPHER TOAD, by REBECCA S. REED NICHOLS Poem Text First Line: Down deep in the hollow, so damp and so cold Last Line: By the gray weeds of prejudice rankly o'ergrown. Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed THE PICTURE OF ST. JOHN: BOOK 2. THE WOMAN, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh give not beauty to an artist's eye Last Line: Might touch the lips of prayer and make them blest! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Beauty; Faith; Kisses; Love; Women; Belief; Creed THE PILLAR OF THE CLOUD, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom Last Line: Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. Variant Title(s): Faith - Heavenly Leadings;guidance Subject(s): Bible; Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE PILOT OF GALILEE, by SUMNER HAZLEWOOD Poem Text First Line: My sails are spread to unknown winds Last Line: To the pilot of galilee. Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Belief; Creed THE POET'S JOURNAL: A WOMAN, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She is a woman: therefore, I a man Last Line: But man's true mother, and his equal wife. Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Life; Love; Women; Nightmares; Belief; Creed THE POET'S PRAYER, by IVAN SWIFT Poem Text First Line: Thy semblant beauty creeping through the world Last Line: And she who beauty is, I'll not forget! Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE POET'S SIMPLE FAITH, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You say, 'where goest thou?' I cannot tell Last Line: My future is not one of my concerns. Variant Title(s): The Faith Of The Poet Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE POSY RING, by CLEMENT MAROT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: This on thy posy-ring I've writ Last Line: And stayed, whose names hereon I've writ. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed THE PRAYER, by AUSTIN PHILIPS Poem Text First Line: Of them that sit within the gate Last Line: To know it pinchbeck at the last! Subject(s): Churches; Faith; Prayer; Religion; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed; Theology THE PROFLIGATE, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Peace! I must go Last Line: And husks for swine. Subject(s): Faith; Farewell; Life; Love - Loss Of; Peace; Sin; Belief; Creed; Parting THE PURE IN HEART SHALL SEE GOD, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They shall see him in the crimson flush Last Line: In safety by his side. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE QUARREL OF FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY, by HORACE SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once faith, hope, and charity traversed the land Last Line: "when I choose for my temple an innocent heart." Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio Subject(s): Charity; Faith; God; Hope; Love; Religion; Philanthropy; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Theology THE RABBI AND THE PRINCE, by JAMES CLARENCE HARVEY Poem Text First Line: A monarch sat, in serious thought, alone Last Line: "return and worship god, who rules alone." Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed THE RENEWAL OF YOUTH, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, could the soul, from all earth's loves set free Last Line: Save the child's heart and trust as of the child. Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Art & Artists; Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Explorers; Faith; Grief; Immortality; Music & Musicians; Teneriffe, Canary Islands; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness THE RESIGNATION, by THOMAS CHATTERTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O god! Whose thunder shakes the sky Last Line: Which god, my east, my sun, reveals. Variant Title(s): On Resignation;faith Subject(s): Death; Faith; Heaven; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Paradise THE RETREAT, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Happy those early days! When I / shined in my angel-infancy Last Line: In that state I came return. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Absence; Children; Christianity; Faith; Innocence; Nostalgia; Regret; Separation; Isolation; Childhood; Belief; Creed THE RETROSPECT, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As on I journey through the vale of years Last Line: Onward in faith—and leave the rest to heaven. Subject(s): Faith; Life; Maturity; Memory; Travel; Wisdom; Belief; Creed; Journeys; Trips THE RIGHT WAY, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, is it still the right way, though I cannot see thy face Last Line: Where faith melts into vision as the starlight into day. Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE RIVALS, by ROBERT WHITAKER Poem Text First Line: Freedom and faith went wooing for a soul Last Line: "upon the track that runs from goal to goal." Subject(s): Faith; Freedom; Religion; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Theology THE ROOT, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deep, love, yea, very deep Last Line: And bliss, though blind, to be. Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed THE SABBATH DAY-KIDDUSH AND HABDALAH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Thou sweet sabbath of rest! Priceless gift from / above! Last Line: "while a creature incarnate, a foretaste of heaven" Subject(s): Angels;faith;jews;messengers;sabbath; Belief;creed;judaism;sunday THE SABBATH LAMP, by GRACE AGUILAR Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Shine, sabbath lamp, oh shine with tender ray! Last Line: And light our souls to find the road to heaven. Subject(s): Faith; Jews; Sabbath; Belief; Creed; Judaism; Sunday THE SAFEST CREED, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Name me the safest creed,' I cried Last Line: "shall find the future bright and fair." Subject(s): Calvinists; Faith; Belief; Creed THE SCEPTIC, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet were the faiths our wishes bred; cruel is faithless fate Last Line: "if only, o eternal, our despair may soon have died." Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Doubt; Faith; Skepticism; Belief; Creed THE SCEPTIC, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the young eagle, with exulting eye Last Line: "and fondly say -- ""my child, for thee he died!" Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Doubt; Faith; Skepticism; Belief; Creed THE SEASIDE WELL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: One day I wandered where the salt sea-tide Last Line: And life rise sparkling in the sight of god / an endless day Subject(s): Faith;worship; Belief;creed THE SECOND CRUCIFIXION, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Loud mockers in the roaring street Last Line: Yet christ is with me all the day. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Faith; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Belief; Creed THE SECRET FLAME: THE FAITHFUL, by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men acquiesce in what is not their choice Last Line: Lifting their hopeful eyes in srearch of god? Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE SHEKH ABDALLAH, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What does the shekh abdallah do Last Line: In the long, dull time of the ramadan. Subject(s): Faith; Lebanon; Ramadan; Belief; Creed THE SHEPHERD, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He loved me, as he said, in every part Last Line: —nay, vain, vain words: how shall he understand? Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Belief; Creed; Male-female Relations THE SIGN, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Faithful hearts had long been watching Last Line: And the sign—a little child! Subject(s): Angels; Faith; Heaven; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Worship; Belief; Creed; Paradise THE SKAITH OF GUILLARDUN: 29, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: So, pleading interest in the prince's death Last Line: Lest he her blithe expectancy outpaced. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Faith; Knights & Knighthood; Belief; Creed THE SOLDIER GENERATION, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are the sons of disaster Last Line: Will yield of our strivings, god. Subject(s): Faith; Grief; Lies; Soldiers; Truth; Belief; Creed; Sorrow; Sadness THE STIMULUS OF FRIENDSHIP, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "because of your firm faith, I kept the track" Last Line: So I kept right Subject(s): Faith;friendship; Belief;creed THE STREAM OF FAITH, by WILLIAM CHANNING GANNETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From heart to heart, from creed to creed Last Line: That ever-deepening roll! Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE STUBBORN BELIEVER, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'm covered with countless contusions Last Line: And know in my heart I am right. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE THREE ENEMIES, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet, thou art pale Last Line: "answer thou for me, wise and just." Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE TIDE OF FAITH, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: So faith is strong Last Line: To admiration, self-renouncing love. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE TRANSFIGURATION, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With stupid searchings of the mind Last Line: Is by my side, for evermore! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE TRANSFIGURER, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: O sweet to hear thy name on friendly tongue Last Line: For thou art love, and loved, and lover all. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Metamorphosis; Religion; Transfiguration; Belief; Creed; Theology THE TRANSLATION OF FAITH, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: High in the midst the pictured penetcost Last Line: Silence, and no man knew that it was rome. Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE ULTIMATE TRUST, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though in the wine-press of thy wrath divine Last Line: To crown my sacred trust! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE VENTURE, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY Poem Text First Line: The sea-gull sits and shivers Last Line: And venture utterly. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE VICTORY OF FAITH, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: What did the sobbing night wind say Last Line: "heaven is true, be brave, be brave." Subject(s): Faith; God; Native Americans - Religion; Belief; Creed THE VISION OF THE FAITHFUL, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Upon the faithful in the common things Last Line: "I -- hadst thou lingered here -- had not remained!" Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O the waiting in the watches of Last Line: In the waning of the watches of the night. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Night; Soul; Waiting; Belief; Creed; Bedtime THE WEDDING, by JULIA WARD HOWE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In her satin gown so fine Last Line: And our lilies wait the dead. Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Life; Love; Marriage; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Weddings; Husbands; Wives THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To love our god with all our strength and will Last Line: What is so hard but faith can do with ease? Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There fell no rain on israel. The sad trees Last Line: Turned from vain idols to the living god. Subject(s): Faith; Widows & Widowers; Belief; Creed THE WISH TO BE BELIEVED, by MONA VAN DUYN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is never enough to know what you want Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE WORDS OF BELIEF, by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three words will I name thee -- around and about Last Line: Till in those three words he believes no more. Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von Subject(s): Faith; Language; Belief; Creed; Words; Vocabulary THE WORLD, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text First Line: Nay now I'm sure my judgement's sound Last Line: It proves but artificial ouglines. Subject(s): Manknd; Superficiality; Deception; Faith; Belief; Creed THE WORLD, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love built a stately house; where fortune came Last Line: And built a braver palace then before. Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Jesus Christ; Redemption; World; Belief; Creed THE WORLD I AM PASSING THROUGH, by LYDIA MARIA CHILD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Few, in the days of early youth Last Line: The world that we are passing through! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THE WORLD NOT OUR REST, &C, by MARIA FRANCES CECILIA (MADAN) COWPER Poem Text First Line: Vain are those joys that erring man provides Last Line: With aught but faith console his aching heart. Subject(s): Faith; Transience; Belief; Creed; Impermanence THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD, by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Doors were left open in heaven again Last Line: That's the curse, that's the miracle -- Subject(s): Change; Experience; Faith; Fate; Heaven; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Life; Mortality; Permanence; Rilke, Rainer Maria (1875-1926); Time; Transience; Belief; Creed; Destiny; Paradise; Shoah; Judaism; Impermanence THE YOUNG RABBI, by E. C. L. BROWNE Poem Text First Line: Thou lookest backward reverently. 'tis well! Last Line: Stand forth with him and sing to-day's mismor! Subject(s): Clergy; Faith; Jews; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Belief; Creed; Judaism THEBAID, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How many turn back towards dreams and magic, how many children Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed THERE GO THE SHIPS OF HEAVEN, by ALICE A. FLAGG Poem Text First Line: When christopher columbus Last Line: Make difficulties old. Subject(s): Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Explorers; Faith; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Belief; Creed THESE THREE, by JENNIE M. TABB Poem Text First Line: To feel, though years in mystic silence pass Last Line: That, dear heart, is love. Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Love; Belief; Creed; Optimism THEY WHO COME BACK, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My faithful dead come back to me in dreams Last Line: My changeless dead, who rest so long and well. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Hearts; Love; Vision; Dead, The; Belief; Creed THOUGHTS ON IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Imputed righteousness! - beloved friend Last Line: That 'twas by faith attracted into her. Subject(s): Faith; Mankind; Thought; Belief; Creed; Human Race; Thinking THREE MEASURES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of all things far, I love the best Last Line: That mind cannot encompass thee! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed TO -, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We, too, have autumns, when our leaves Last Line: The victory's in believing. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed TO A WATERFOWL, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whither, midst falling dew Last Line: Will lead my steps aright. Variant Title(s): The Waterfowl Subject(s): Birds; Faith; God; Migration; Nature; Religion; Soldiers; Waterfowl; Belief; Creed; Theology TO ANY YET FAITHFUL, by CORAL MORGAN Poem Text First Line: You who believed, believe no more in me Last Line: A jeweled fish where weeds now choke the brook. Subject(s): Beauty; Faith; Prophecy & Prophets; Belief; Creed TO DELIA: 41, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How long shall I in mine affliction mourn Last Line: Yet deigns not with one simple sign t' express it. Subject(s): Despair; Faith; Love; Belief; Creed TO HELEN KELLER, by CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out from the dark leaved life, bloomed hope, riped love Last Line: Thus one brave heart ten thousand souls can stay. Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Language; Love; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Words; Vocabulary TO HELEN KELLER, by MARY CAMPBELL SCOTT Poem Text First Line: I used to marvel at the sunset glow Last Line: Smile through their tears, and faith and hope renew. Subject(s): Faith; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Soul; Tears; Belief; Creed TO HYMEN, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God of the torch, whose soul-illuming flame Last Line: Nor knows the dread of death. Subject(s): Creative Ability; Faith; Friendship; God; Humanity; Life; Love; Maturity; Inspiration; Creativity; Belief; Creed TO MY MOTHER, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: I prize this life, dear mother Last Line: Accept it as my gift this mother's day. Subject(s): Faith; Gratitude; Mother's Day; Prayer; Belief; Creed TO ONE WHO DIED YOUNG, by LOLLY WILLIAMS Poem Text First Line: You believed with childhood's magnitude Last Line: Here rests a dream, here rests a faith intact. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed TO THE PROTECTOR, ANGEL, OF INTELLECTUAL DOUBT, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Gods many and lords many be Last Line: But who save you can succour faith? Subject(s): Angels; Faith; God; Heaven; Saints; Belief; Creed; Paradise TO WHAT PURPOSE IS THIS WASTE?, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A windy shell singing upon the shore Last Line: Shall he find faith upon the earth? -- Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Angels; Faith; Heaven; Love; Singing & Singers; Belief; Creed; Paradise TO YOUNG DREAMERS, by LUCIA TRENT Poem Text First Line: Above dark cities build Last Line: Of the wide, impossible sky! Alternate Author Name(s): Cheyney, Mrs. Ralph; Glass, Mrs. Ernest Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Nightmares; Belief; Creed TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. HAVE FAITH, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do not hurry: have faith Last Line: Behold! You shall be lord and sovereign of all things. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. TO A STRANGER, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O faithful eyes, day after day as I see and know you Last Line: Silence—shall come abundantly to you. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed TREASURES, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let me count my treasures Last Line: Whom I know at last! Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Faith; Pain; Pity; Soul; Treasures; Belief; Creed; Suffering; Misery TREE SPEAKS TO TREE, by F. G. HAGER Poem Text First Line: Said the fir tree to the pine tree Last Line: "age of steel." Subject(s): Faith; Trees; Belief; Creed TREES, by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I think that I shall never see / a poem lovely as a tree Last Line: But only god can make a tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Kilmer, Joyce Subject(s): Animals; Courage; Environment; Faith; Gardens & Gardening; Holidays; Religion; Soldiers; Travel; Trees; World War I; Valor; Bravery; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Belief; Creed; Theology; Journeys; Trips; First World War TRUE JEWISH FAITH, by ISIDOR BUSH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What does true jewish faith imply? Last Line: And by his grace, it thus shall be! Subject(s): Faith; Jews; Belief; Creed; Judaism TRUST, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Once I was wise when, in my youth Last Line: The more I lose in man? Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed TRUST, by FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Better trust all and be deceived Last Line: Than lose the blessed hope of truth. Alternate Author Name(s): Butler, Frances Anne; Kemble, Fanny Variant Title(s): Faith Subject(s): Disappointment; Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology TRUST, by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am thy grass, o lord! Last Line: As tall, as sweet again. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed TRUST GOD, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO Poem Text First Line: Trust nothing but the starlight's silv'ry beaming Last Line: But in the sight of mankind never bow. Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Trust; Belief; Creed; Theology TRUST IN GOD, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thus god hath said: unblessed is he Last Line: Is planted where the waters flow. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology TRUST YOU MUST, by JULIUS C BRUTTO Poem Text First Line: A learned man was asked one day Last Line: "god has granted all equal share." Subject(s): Faith; Trust; Belief; Creed TRYING, by FOREST M. KELP Poem Text First Line: If you've failed in things you sought Last Line: Just by trying. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed TWELVE SONNETS: 8, by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) Poem Text First Line: If thou wert faithless, god himself would fail Last Line: Above my boyish head wild breakers poured! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed TWO CREEDS, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Inside the temple door the sullen light Last Line: "o love! Love! Love!"" they sang, ""for that is all." Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Belief; Creed UNBELIEF, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faithless, perverse, and blind Last Line: Could slip their father's hand? Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed UNBELIEF, by ELIZABETH YORK CASE Poem Text First Line: There is no unbelief Last Line: God knoweth why. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology UNCLE SIDNEY'S VIEWS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hold that the true age of wisdom Last Line: Through the moon, like a round yellow hole in the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Wisdom; Youth; Belief; Creed UNHOLY SONNET 4, by MARK JARMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Amazing to believe that nothingness Last Line: Itself in absence, which the stars adore Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed UNREASONABLE REASON, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: All christian soules beware; hell never went Last Line: Is in thy blessed bosome to expire. Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; God; Religion; Temptation; Belief; Creed; Theology UNTIL THE TROUBLING OF THE WATERS, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two hours, two hours: god give me strength for it! Last Line: Christ, I believe; pity my unbelief! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed UP-HILL, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Last Line: Yea, beds for all who come. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Uphill Subject(s): Death; Faith; Heaven; Hotels; Life; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Religion; Time; Travel; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Paradise; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses; Theology; Journeys; Trips VANITAS VANITATUM, OMNIA VANITAS, by ANNE BRONTE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In all we do, and hear, and see Last Line: But hoping through the darkest day. Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton Subject(s): Faith; God; Vanity; Transience; Belief; Creed; Impermanence VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS, by GREGORY I Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Creator spirit, by whose aid Last Line: Eternal paraclete, to thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Saint Gregory The Great Subject(s): Faith; God; Prayer; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology VER PERPETUM, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The early year's fast-flying vapour stray Last Line: Screen'd by those clouds and cherish'd by those showers! Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed VERSES ON THE RECOVERY OF A. M. G. FROM A SEVERE ILLNESS, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A maiden in the arms of death Last Line: And closed the opening grave. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Faith; God; Healing; Prayer; Sickness; Belief; Creed; Cures; Illness VIA LUCIS, by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If ever I dig out Last Line: "truth walks the priestly way." Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed VICTORY, by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When that my soul, too far from god Last Line: The weary dust of earthly things. Subject(s): Faith; Worship; Belief; Creed VIOLIN SONGS: A SONG PRAYER, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord jesus, / oh, ease us Last Line: To sing true. Subject(s): Comfort; Doubt; Faith; God; Hope; Jesus Christ; Pain; Prayer; Solitude; Skepticism; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Suffering; Misery; Loneliness VIOLIN SONGS: FAITH, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Earth, if aught should check thy race Last Line: "from the sun of liberty!" Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Space And Space Travel; World; Belief; Creed VIOLIN SONGS: OH THOU OF LITTLE FAITH, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sad-hearted, be at peace; the snowdrop lies Last Line: And in his heart thy prayer is resting now. Subject(s): Comfort; Doubt; Faith; God; Skepticism; Belief; Creed VITTORIA'S LAST SONG IN THE OPERA OF CAMILLA, MILAN, 1847, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot count the years Last Line: Italia, italia shall be free! Subject(s): Faith; Freedom; Italy; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Italians VIVISECTION, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wild nature not by kindness won, because Last Line: Nor shall it die within me till I die. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Earth; Faith; Life; Time; World; Belief; Creed WAIT, by GALWAY KINNELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Wait, for now Last Line: Rehearsed by the sorrows, play itself into total exhaustion Subject(s): Suicide; Love - Loss Of; Patience; Faith; Belief; Creed WANDERLUST, by GERALD LOUIS GOULD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond the east the sunrise, beyond the west the sea Last Line: You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky. Variant Title(s): Wander-thirst Subject(s): Faith; Wandering & Wanderers; Belief; Creed; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes WARD THREE: FAITH, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I only had a tack hammer, an ice pick, faith Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed WE BELIEVE; A HYMN OF FAITH, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: We believe in the omnipotent Last Line: And claim his very own. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed WE KNOW, by OVIE FRALICK Poem Text First Line: During this life that we have to live Last Line: But stand firm and true until that day. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed WHAT GAIN?, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now, while thy rounded cheek is fresh and fair Last Line: Sweetheart, but bitter pain? Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Hearts; Love; Pain; Tears; Youth; Belief; Creed; Suffering; Misery WHAT IS [OR WAS] HIS CREED?, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He left a load of anthracite Last Line: What was his creed? / what his belief? Subject(s): Faith;worship; Belief;creed WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT?, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If I lay waste, and wither up with doubt Last Line: What do I gain by that I have undone? Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Variant Title(s): Faith;doubt Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed WHEN, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I were told that I must die to-morrow Last Line: If thou come late. Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan Variant Title(s): Faithful Subject(s): Death; Faith; Immortality; Dead, The; Belief; Creed WHEN I ASSUME THAT GOD MAY BE, by LEANDER M. ZIMMERMAN Poem Text Last Line: For I see god in jesus' face. Subject(s): Faith; God; Presence; Belief; Creed WHEN I LOOK UP, by HELEN FIELD WATSON Poem Text First Line: Instead of feeling very small Last Line: Is keeping watch of me. Subject(s): Comfort; Faith; God; Belief; Creed WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You shall have satin and silk to wear Last Line: When my ship comes in. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Faith; Patience; Wealth; Belief; Creed; Riches; Fortunes WHERE IS GOD?, by MINOT JUDSON SAVAGE Poem Text First Line: Oh, where is the sea?' the fishes cried Last Line: "in vain I have searched to find the air." Subject(s): Faith; God; Belief; Creed WHICH ANE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Which ane, an' which ane Last Line: Which sall it be? Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Sailing & Sailors; Belief; Creed WHICH FAITH?, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: The faithless faith, that is not passionate Last Line: And meets the night's deep dark and death unshaken? Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed WHITER THAN SNOW, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whiter than snow! The soft flakes, shod with peace Last Line: Abides where christ's redeemed ones surely go. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; God; Truth; Belief; Creed WHITHER, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All the time my soul is calling Last Line: And I will not be afraid. Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed WHITTIER - AT NEWBURYPORT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hail to thee, with all good cheer! Last Line: Thus my hail: good cheer! Good cheer! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Death; Faith; Mourning; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Bereavement WILD ROSE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do I believe? O lovely rose Last Line: So I believe in thee! Subject(s): Faith; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Love; Roses; Belief; Creed WIND-CLOUDS AND STAR-DRIFTS, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Another clouded night: the stars are hid Last Line: We know not his whose love embraces all. Subject(s): Ambition; Faith; Idols; Love; Regret; Solitude; Sympathy; Truth; Worship; Belief; Creed; Loneliness; Empathy WITH STAIN OF THE GRAPE, by HALA JEAN HAMMOND Poem Text First Line: Wild thing the wind is Last Line: The heart knows best. Subject(s): Desire; Faith; Hearts; Love; Belief; Creed WOMAN'S FAITH, FR. THE BETROTHED, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Woman's faith, and woman's trust Last Line: And I believed them again ere night. Variant Title(s): Faith In Unfaithfulness Subject(s): Faith; Love; Trust; Women; Belief; Creed WONDER, by THOMAS TRAHERNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How like an angel came I down Last Line: When I was born. Subject(s): Faith; Innocence; Belief; Creed WORDS WITH WALLACE STEVENS, by ROBERT BLY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You were so rash. I'd play saying Last Line: Dress, lolling in the garden, longing.... Subject(s): Collaboration; Courage; Faith; God; Innocence; Stevens, Wallace (1879-1955); Valor; Bravery; Belief; Creed WORLD'S WORTH, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis of the father hilary Last Line: He said: 'o god, my world in thee!' Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Variant Title(s): Pax Vobis Subject(s): Catholics; Faith; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Belief; Creed YOM KIPPUR, by GUSTAV GOTTHEIL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To thee we give ourselves today Last Line: Thy light at our life's eventide. Subject(s): Faith; Fasts & Feasts; Jews; Yom Kippur; Belief; Creed; Judaism YOUR ROSARY, by NAOMI REYNOLDS Poem Text First Line: Half awake Last Line: Your faith shall prove enough for two. Subject(s): Faith; Rosary; Belief; Creed |
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