Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOD'S VENGEANCE, by JOHN MILTON HAY Poet's Biography First Line: Saith the lord, 'vengeance is mine' Last Line: Strike! For the vengeance is god's. Subject(s): God | ||||||||
SAITH the Lord, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay," saith the Lord; Ours be the anger divine, Lit by the flash of his word. How shall his vengeance be done? How, when his purpose is clear? Must he come down from his throne? Hath he no instruments here? Sleep not in imbecile trust Waiting for God to begin, While, growing strong in the dust, Rests the bruised serpent of sin. Right and Wrong, -- both cannot live Death-grappled. Which shall we see? Strike! only Justice can give Safety to all that shall be. Shame! to stand paltering thus, Tricked by the balancing odds; Strike! God is waiting for us! Strike! for the vengeance is God's. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS |
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