Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARITY, by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON First Line: Though I were gifted with an angel's tongue Last Line: If heaven-born charity were not within. Subject(s): Charity; Philanthropy | ||||||||
(A VERSIFICATION OF PART OF THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF FIRST CORINTHIANS) THOUGH I were gifted with an angel's tongue, And voice like that with which the prophets sung, Yet if mild charity were not within, 'T were all an impious mockery and sin. Though I the gift of prophecy possessed, And faith like that which Abraham professed, They all were like a tinkling cymbal's sound, If meek-eyed charity did not abound. Though I to feed the poor my goods bestow, And to the flames my body I should throw, Yet the vain act would never cover sin, If heaven-born charity were not within. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW THE GREAT GUEST CAME by EDWIN MARKHAM CHARITY OVERCOMING ENVY by MARIANNE MOORE PASSING IT ON by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE IDEA OF SOUP by NORMAN DUBIE THE [EXCELLENT] BALLADE OF CHARITIE by THOMAS CHATTERTON SONG OF THREE SMILES by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN RECUERDO by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY KARMA by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A DREAM by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON |
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