Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NON NOBIS, by HENRY CUST First Line: Not unto us, o lord Last Line: The pavement of her heaven! | ||||||||
NOT unto us, O Lord, Not unto us the rapture of the day, The peace of night, or love's divine surprise, High heart, high speech, high deeds 'mid honouring eyes; For at Thy word All these are taken away. Not unto us, O Lord: To us thou givest the scorn, the scourge, the scar, The ache of life, the loneliness of death, The insufferable sufficiency of breath; And with Thy sword Thou piercest very far. Not unto us, O Lord: Nay, Lord, but unto her be all things given -- My light and life and earth and sky be blasted -- But let not all that wealth of loss be wasted: Let Hell afford The pavement of her Heaven! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I LOOK IN MY HEART by SARA TEASDALE POOR POLL by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE LATTER DAY by THOMAS HASTINGS ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE by JOHN KEATS BEAVER BROOK by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A DESCRIPTION OF SUCH A ONE AS HE WOULD LOVE by THOMAS WYATT |
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