Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANTHEMES FOR THE CATHEDRAL OF EXCETER: 1, by JOSEPH HALL Poet's Biography First Line: Lord what am I? A worm, dust, vapor, nothing! Last Line: Present me to thy blissfull throne. Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Dreams; Life; Love; Sin; Dead, The; Nightmares | ||||||||
1 Lord what am I? A worm, dust, vapor, nothing! What is my life? A dream, a daily dying! What is my flesh? My souls uneasie clothing! What is my time? A minute ever flying: My time, my flesh, my life, and I; What are we Lord but vanity? Where am I Lord? downe in a vale of death: What is my trade? sin, my dear God offending; My sport sin too, my stay a puffe of breath: What end of sin? hells horrour never ending: My way, my trade, sport, stay, and place Help to make up my dolefull case. Lord what art thou? pure life, power, beauty, bliss: Where dwell'st thou? up above in perfect light: What is thy time? eternity it is: What state? attendance of each glorious sp'rit: Thy self, thy place, thy dayes, thy state Pass all the thoughts of powers create. How shall I reach thee, Lord? Oh soar above, Ambitious soul: but which way should I flie? Thou, Lord, art way and end: what wings have I? Aspiring thoughts, of faith, of hope, of love: Oh let these wings, that way alone Present me to thy blissfull throne. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS AN EPIGRAM ON JOHN MARSTON by JOSEPH HALL ANTHEMES FOR THE CATHEDRAL OF EXCETER: 2. ANTHEME FOR CHRISTMAS DAY by JOSEPH HALL |
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