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Subject: REFORMATION
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ADVENT PRAYER, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Almighty god, our heavenly father
Last Line: And then in thy kingdom for ever. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


ALL MY SALVATION LIES IN THEE, by MARGARET OF ANGOULEME    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Alas, o god, save me, I cry
Last Line: What will become of me?
Alternate Author Name(s): Marguerite D'angouleme; Marguerite Of Navarre; Marguerite De Valois
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


BURDEN, by TOYOHIKO KAGAWA    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Take thou the burden, lord
Last Line: God, draw her close to thee!
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation; Religion


CHARGE AND BENEDICTION, by H. EUGENE FARLOUGH    Poem Source                    
First Line: I charge you to %get-to-stepping
Last Line: Now and forevermore. %right on
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


CHRISTMAS DAY, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Today, o god
Last Line: As our knees bend to salute your cradle. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


COMMUNION PRAYER, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Almighty god and merciful father, %we ask you
Last Line: In whose name we pray along with your whole church. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


COMMUNION PRAYER, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Holy god, %our loving creator, %close to us breathing
Last Line: With the entire family of your faithful people everywhere
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


EARTH REDEEMED, by GEORGE F. MACLEOD    Poem Source                    
First Line: When we partake of the living bread and the living vine, our triune god
Last Line: Even as now we are bound together in thee
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


EASTER, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord jesus christ, we greet you
Last Line: That we may proclaim your name boldly %on our lips. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 2: 36. TROUBLES REFORMATION, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Aid, glorious martyres, from your fields of light
Last Line: And victory sickens, ignorant where to rest!
Subject(s): Reformation


EPIPHANY, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Holy jesus, %before your infant form
Last Line: To go home by another way. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


FAMILY, by JULIA ESQUIVEL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Where are your brothers %and your mother, lord
Last Line: Revive in me the flame %of your love
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


FAREWELL, by EMILY DICKINSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Tie the strings to my life, my lord, / then I am ready to go!
Last Line: Now I am ready to go!
Subject(s): Christianity; Judgment Day; Prayer; Reformation; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man


FATHER OF MERCIES, by ANNE STEELE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Father of mercies, in thy word what endless glory shines
Last Line: Teach me to love thy sacred word, and view my saviour there
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


FOR LENT, by ERNEST T. CAMPBELL    Poem Source                    
First Line: As we near the hallowed grounds of gethsemane and golgotha, we
Last Line: Through jesus christ our lord. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


FOR STRENGTH THROUGH THE DAY, by LAZARUS LAMILAMI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Great bunji god
Last Line: Our good friend, amralba
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


FOR THE NEW YEAR, by RUTH C. DUCK    Poem Source                    
First Line: Now that the mad rush is over
Last Line: In this world you love in jesus %our christ, amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


FOR THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: God of all life
Last Line: Through jesus christ our lord. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


GOD OF OUR LIFE THROUGH ALL THE CIRCLING YEARS, by HUGH THOMSON KERR    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Our heart's true home when all our years have sped
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


GOOD FRIDAY, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Saviour of the world
Last Line: And transform us by your grace. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FROM A MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, by GREER ANNE WENH-IN NG    Poem Source                    
First Line: It is indeed good and right to give you thanks and praise
Last Line: Our lord and savior, jesus, the christ
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


GREAT THANKSGIVING EUCHARISTIC PRAYER, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Eternal god, holy and mighty
Last Line: All glory and honor are yours, eternal god, %now and forever. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


HERE I AM, by CAROLINE MALVEZIN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Blessed art thou, o lord
Last Line: All souls! %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


HOLY COMMUNION, by OLIVE WYON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord, this is thy feast
Last Line: Lord jesus, come to us
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


HUNGARIAN NATIONAL HYMN, by FERENC KOLCSEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: God bless all hungarians
Last Line: For time past and to come
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


HYMN OF THE HUNGARIAN GALLEY SLAVES, by KAROLY JESZENSKY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lift up thy head, o zion, weeping
Last Line: He will fold his own securely. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


IN THANKFULL REMEMBRANCE FOR MY DEAR HUSBANDS SAFE ARRIVALL, by ANNE BRADSTREET    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What shall I render to thy name
Last Line: In strict and upright wayes
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


IN THE MIDST OF AN ILLNESS, by HULDREICH ZWINGLI    Poem Source                    
First Line: Console me, lord god, console me!
Last Line: Constantly abide by thee, however he rages
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


IT'S ALL VERY WELL WANTING LIBERATION, by PATRICIA BAXTER    Poem Source                    
First Line: God of vision, %you have brought women together
Last Line: As a witness for others. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


JOSEPH'S REFORM (A TALE OF THE HOT DOG TAVERN), by BERTON BRALEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When I was just a gay young buck, I piloted a heavy truck
Last Line: "I never use such language, but it warms my heart to hear it."
Subject(s): Driving & Drivers; Reformation; Trucks & Trucking; Teamsters; Truckers; Freight


LAMENT PSALM TWENTY-FOUR, by ANNE WEEMS    Poem Source                    
First Line: O my god, it is not fair!
Last Line: Who is life eternal
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


LORD, I AM THINE, by SAMUEL DAVIES    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord, I am thine, entirely thine
Last Line: And on that grace I dare depend
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


LORD, TEACH US TO LOVE, by JOHN W. DE GRUCHY    Poem Source                    
First Line: It is easy, lord, to mouth the word
Last Line: Teach us to forgive as you have forgiven us
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


LOVE TO THE CHURCH, by TIMOTHY DWIGHT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I love thy kingdom, lord
Last Line: And brighter bliss of heaven.
Variant Title(s): Psalm 137
Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Prayer; Reformation; Cathedrals


MORNING PRAYER SONG, by JAN KARAFIAT    Poem Source                    
First Line: O, our dear god
Last Line: And let us love one another. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


ON THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER (1631), by ANNE DE ROHAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: After suffering so much strain
Last Line: Washed in the great creator's blood
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PENTECOST, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: We thank you, compassionate god
Last Line: Through jesus our crucified and risen savior. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAISE-GOD BAREBONES, by ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ    Poem Text                    
First Line: I and my cousin wildair met
Last Line: "a pious melancholy?"
Subject(s): Anabaptists; Barbon, Praise-god (1596-1680); Reformation; Barebone, Praise-god; Barebones, Praise-god


PRAYER, by GEORGE MACDONALD    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My prayers, my god, flow from what I am not
Last Line: If the lion in us pray-thou answered the lamb
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR AFRICA, by MAAKE J. MASANGO    Poem Source                    
First Line: The sun that is so good
Last Line: That are low; help us, fulfilling god, to love as you have loved us. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE, by RUBEM A. ALVES    Poem Source                    
First Line: You know, o god
Last Line: And an embrace of the future. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR GOD'S PRESENCE, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, lord, and tarry not
Last Line: Great king of righteousness
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR PEACE, by JANE PARKER HUBER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Great god, whose will is peace for all the earth
Last Line: Bring us, at last, to our eternal home
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR PEACE, by THOMAS A. PATTERSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: We are tired, lord
Last Line: And be forgiven. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR SACRAMENTAL PRESENCE, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Here, o my lord, I see thee face to face
Last Line: My strength is in thy might, thy might alone
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR THE CITY, by JOY F. PATTERSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: O lord, you gave your servant john
Last Line: Let all our cities shine forth peace
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR THE LAND, by DANIEL BETETA    Poem Source                    
First Line: The earth is no longer producing fruit
Last Line: And may your spirit purify us. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO SERVE, by PETER MARSHALL    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord jesus, %bless all who serve us
Last Line: Days of stress and strain, preaches sermons %without words. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER FOR THOSE WITH AIDS, by CHRIS GLASER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Dear god, %friends with aids
Last Line: Our god. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER OF CONFESSION, by RACHEL HENDERLITE    Poem Source                    
First Line: We come to thee, o christ, confessing to thee the fears that
Last Line: Give us the strength and peace that only thou canst give. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER OF PETITION FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Grant unto us, o god
Last Line: In and with thee, we can do all things. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYER OF RETURN, by MICHEL BOUTTIER    Poem Source                    
First Line: Your presence, lord
Last Line: In your power and your joy!
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PRAYERS FOR THE BAPTISM OF A CHILD, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: God of love, we rejoice again
Last Line: With you, father, and the holy spirit, %one god for ever. Amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


PSALM 130, by CLEMENT MAROT    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: From the depth of my mind
Last Line: Will redeem at the end
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


RECOGNITION OF THE END OF A MARRIAGE, by UNKNOWN    Poem Source                    
First Line: God of all mercy
Last Line: Who is able to make all things new. %amen
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


SONG FOR THE MORNING OR EVENING, by ISAAC WATTS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My god, how endless is thy love!
Last Line: Demand perpetual songs of praise.
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation; Worship


SONG FROM THE DEEP, by KALMAN CSIHA    Poem Source                    
First Line: Christ our lord, your orphaned nation
Last Line: And for our sighs your peace impart
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


STILL, STILL WITH THEE, by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Still, still with thee, when purple morning breaketh
Last Line: Shall rise the glorious thought -- I am with thee.
Variant Title(s): When I Awake I Am Still With Thee
Subject(s): Christianity; Dawn; Prayer; Reformation; Religion; Sunrise; Theology


TEACHER'S PRAYER, by ANN PLATO    Poem Source                    
First Line: Teach me, o lord, the secret errors of my way
Last Line: That sphere with duty, and perform thy will
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


THIS IS EARTH, OUR HOME, by WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O god, we thank you for this earth, our home
Last Line: Who lives and reigns for ever and ever
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


TO LOVE THOSE WHOM I DO NOT LOVE, by GENEVIEVE GRAVES    Poem Source                    
First Line: Lord, %you who love this person whom I do not love
Last Line: Lord! Teach me to love with your love
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


UPON MY SON SAMUEL, HIS GOEING FOR ENGLAND, NOVEMBER 6, 1657, by ANNE BRADSTREET    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou mighty god of sea and land
Last Line: For ever happefy'd with thee
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


UPON THE LORD'S PRAYER, by JOHN BUNYAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Our father which in heaven art
Last Line: The glory also shall be thine %for evermore
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation


WITH ME, LORD, by J. BARRIE SHEPHERD    Poem Source                    
First Line: Before I awaken this morning
Last Line: And the over-arching wonder %of your gift of life
Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Reformation