Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PSALM: 1, by JOSEPH HALL Poet's Biography First Line: Who hath not walkt astray Last Line: Runs to decay. Subject(s): God; Religion; Sin; Trees; Theology | ||||||||
1 Who hath not walkt astray, In wicked mens advise, Nor stood in sinners way; Nor in their companyes That scorners are, As their fit mate, In scoffing chayre, Hath euer sate; 2 But in thy lawes diuine, O Lord sets his delight, And in those lawes of thine Studies all day and night; Oh, how that man Thrise blessed is! And sure shall gaine Eternall blisse. 3 He shall be like the tree, Set by the water-springs, Which when his seasons be Most pleasant fruite forth-brings: Whose boughes so greene Shall neuer fade, But couered bene With comely shade. So, to this happy wight, All his designes shall thriue: 4 Whereas the man vnright, As chaff which winds do driue, With euery blast Is tost on hy, Nor can at last In safety lie. 5 Wherefore, in that sad doome, They dare not rise from dust: Nor shall no Sinner come To glory of the iust. For, God will grace The Iust-mans way; While sinners race Runs to decay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY AN EPIGRAM ON JOHN MARSTON by JOSEPH HALL ANTHEMES FOR THE CATHEDRAL OF EXCETER: 1 by JOSEPH HALL ANTHEMES FOR THE CATHEDRAL OF EXCETER: 2. ANTHEME FOR CHRISTMAS DAY by JOSEPH HALL |
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