Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRAYER, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When with day's woes night haunts wake-weary eyes Last Line: For the happy, the beautiful, the good, the wise? Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Prayer | ||||||||
When with day's woes night haunts wake-weary eyes, How deep a blessing from the heart may rise On the happy, the beautiful, the good, the wise! The poor, the outcast, knave, child, stranger, fool Need no commending to the merciful; But, in a world grieved, ugly, wicked, or dull, Who could the starry influences surmise -- What praises ardent enough could prayer devise For the happy, the beautiful, the good, the wise? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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