Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNGUIDED WILL, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God, in thy mercy, keep us with thy hand! Last Line: Have sunk the deepest! Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia | ||||||||
GOD, in thy mercy, keep us with thy hand! Dark are the thoughts that strive within the heart, When evil passions rise like sudden storms, Fearful and fierce! Let us not act those thoughts; Leave not our course to our unguided will. Left to ourselves, all crime is possible, And those who seemed the most removed from guilt Have sunk the deepest! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FELICIA HEMANS by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE CASTLE OF CHILLON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE FACTORY; 'TIS AN ACCURSED THING! by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE FEMALE CONVICT by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON THE MARRIAGE VOW by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A CHILD SCREENING A DOVE FROM A HAWK, BY STEWARDSON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A COMPARISON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A GIRL AT HER DEVOTIONS, BY NEWTON by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A HISTORY OF THE LYRE by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A LADY'S BEAUTY by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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