Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABRAHAM, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The better portion didst thou choose, great heart Last Line: They calmly move, nor reck the unmanner'd mirth. Subject(s): Abraham | ||||||||
THE better portion didst thou choose, Great Heart. Thy God's first choice, and pledge of Gentile grace! Faith's truest type, he with unruffled face Bore the world's smile, and bade her slaves depart; Whether, a trader, with no trader's art, He buys in Canaan his last resting-place, -- Or freely yields rich Siddim's ample space, -- Or braves the rescue, and the battle's smart, Yet scorns the heathen gifts of those he saved. O happy in their soul's high solitude, Who commune thus with God, and not with earth! Amid the scoffings of the wealth-enslaved, A ready prey, as though in absent mood They calmly move, nor reck the unmanner'd mirth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NIGHT ABRAHAM CALLED TO THE STARS by ROBERT BLY THE WAY OF PAIN by WENDELL BERRY THE PARABLE OF THE OLD MAN AND THE YOUNG by WILFRED OWEN PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 50. AL-BAHITH by EDWIN ARNOLD A DIALOGUE (TO BE SUNG TO THE VIOL, BY A BASE, AND A TREBLE) by JOSEPH BEAUMONT ABRAHAM by JOHN STUART BLACKIE ABRAHAM AND HIS GODS by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES THE BLACK STONE OF THE KA'BA by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR THE TENT OF ABRAHAM by CHARLES SWAIN |
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