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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HERETIC: 1. BLASPHEMY, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I do not envy god Last Line: Alone—through all eternity—alone. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Heresy; Heretics | |||
I DO not envy God— There is no thing in all the skies or under To startle and awaken Him to wonder; No marvel can appear To stir His placid soul with terrible thunder— He was not born with awe nor blessed with fear. I do not envy God— He is not burned with Spring and April madness; The rush of Life—its rash, impetuous gladness He cannot hope to know. He cannot feel the fever and the sadness The leaping fire, the insupportable glow. I do not envy God— Forever He must watch the planets crawling To flaming goals where sun and star are falling; He cannot wander free. For He must face, through centuries appalling, A vast and infinite monotony. I do not envy God— He cannot die, He dare not even slumber. Though He be God and free from care and cumber, I would not share His place; For He must live when years have lost their number And Time sinks crumbling into shattered Space. I do not envy God— Nay more, I pity Him His lonely heaven; I pity Him each lonely morn and even, His splendid lonely throne: For He must sit and wait till all is riven Alone—through all eternity—alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BALLAD WHICH ANNE ASKEW MADE AND SANG WHEN SHE WAS IN NEWGATE by ANNE ASKEWE THE DEATH OF HUSS by ALFRED AUSTIN LATIMER AND RIDLEY, BURNED AT THE STAKE IN OXFORD, 1555 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN DECLASSE by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD THE HERETIC by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE HUSBAND AND HEATHEN by SAM WALTER FOSS SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE, LORD COBHAM by ALFRED TENNYSON MORNING by HENRY DAVID THOREAU A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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