Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CENSURE, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT First Line: O no! I'm sure it was presumptous pride Last Line: Hell fears no pride, but is of humble feare afrayd. Subject(s): Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect | ||||||||
O NO! I'm sure it was presumptous Pride; Poore Heart ther's no excusing it: Not all ye Wit Of Philautie can serve this swelling blot to hide. Though some to shun a Tempest's Molestations Made choise of Shipwrack; & drunk up In a New Cup Rank Poyson to prevent a Fevers short Vexations: Thou hadst no reason to insult & ride In Triumph over Those, who were Throwne downe by feare: With other Sins They made a Covenant, Thou wth Pride. Had strong Temptations flowne so thick on Thee Perhaps Thou wouldst have sunk: it was The Gale of Grace, Not Thine owne Spirit, which made Thee saile in safetie. O tremble then, when Thou beholdest Others Fearefull of anything, but sin, Lest Thou begin By Pride to share in that Offense, which was thy Brothers. In HUMBLE FEARE let all thy strength be layd, For Pride's but at its highest rise Big Cowardice. Hell fears no Pride, but is of HUMBLE FEARE afrayd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS GODOLPHIN HORNE, WHO WAS CURSED WITH THE SIN OF PRIDE, AND BECAME A BOOT-BLACK by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH PRIMER LESSON by CARL SANDBURG HAEC FABULA DOCET by ROBERT FROST VICTIM OF HIMSELF by MARVIN BELL Γενεθλιακον by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Γενεθλιακον by JOSEPH BEAUMONT A CONCLUSORIE HUMNE TO THE SAME WEEK; & FOR MY FRIEND by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |
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