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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORGAN SONGS: A PRAYER, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When I look back upon my life nigh spent
Last Line: A fool I bring thee to be made a child.
Subject(s): Forgiveness; Life; Prayer; Redemption; Clemency
First Line: When I look back upon my life nigh spent
Last Line: A fool I bring thee to be made a child.
Subject(s): Forgiveness; Life; Prayer; Redemption; Clemency
WHEN I look back upon my life nigh spent,
Nigh spent, although the stream as yet flows on,
I more of follies than of sins repent,
Less for offence than Love's shortcomings moan.
With self, O Father, leave me not alone—
Leave not with the beguiler the beguiled;
Besmirched and ragged, Lord, take back thine own:
A fool I bring thee to be made a child.
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