Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SINNER'S SACRIFICE (TO THE HOLY TRINITY), by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O holy, blessed, glorious trinity Last Line: Shall I there rest! | ||||||||
1. O holy, blessed, glorious Trinity Of persons, still one God, in unity, The faithful man's believed mystery, Help, help to lift 2. Myself up to thee, harrowed, torn, and bruised By sin, and Satan; and my flesh misused, As my heart lies in pieces, all confused, O take my gift. 3. All-gracious God, the sinner's sacrifice, A broken heart thou wert not wont despise, But 'bove the fat of rams, or bulls, to prize An offering meet, 4. For thy acceptance. O, behold me right, And take compassion on my grievous plight. What odour can be, than a heart contrite, To thee more sweet? 5. Eternal Father, God, who didst create This all of nothing, gav'st it form, and fate, And breath'st into it, life, and light, with state To worship thee. 6. Eternal God the Son, who not denied'st To take our nature; becam'st man, and died'st, To pay our debts, upon thy cross, and cried'st All's done in me. 7. Eternal Spirit, God from both proceeding, Father and Son; the comforter, in breeding Pure thoughts in man: with fiery zeal them feeding For acts of grace. 8. Increase those acts, O glorious Trinity Of persons, still one God in unity; Till attain the longed-for mystery Of seeing your face. 9. Beholding one in three, and three in one, A Trinity, to shine in union; The gladdest light, dark man can think upon; O grant it me! 10. Father, and Son, and Holy Ghost, you three All coeternal in your majesty, Distinct in persons, yet in unity One God to see. 11. My maker, saviour, and my sanctifier, To hear, to mediate, sweeten my desire, With grace, with love, with cherishing entire, O, then how blessed; 12. Among thy saints elected to abide, And with thy angels, placed side by side, But in thy presence truly glorified Shall I there rest! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON A FIT OF RHYME AGAINST RHYME [OR, RIME] by BEN JONSON A NYMPH'S PASSION by BEN JONSON A SONNET, TO THE NOBLE LADY, THE LADY MARY WROTH by BEN JONSON AN ODE TO HIMSELF by BEN JONSON ANSWER TO MASTER WITHER'S SONG, 'SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR?' by BEN JONSON EPICOENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN: FREEDOM IN DRESS by BEN JONSON EPIGRAM: 118. ON GUT by BEN JONSON |
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