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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JEREMIAH, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Woe's me!' the peaceful prophet cried
Last Line: Is pledged, to heal earth's woes?
Subject(s): Jeremiah (bible)
First Line: Woe's me!' the peaceful prophet cried
Last Line: Is pledged, to heal earth's woes?
Subject(s): Jeremiah (bible)
"WOE'S me!" the peaceful prophet cried,
"Spare me this troubled life;
To stem man's wrath, to school his pride,
To head the sacred strife!
"O place me in some silent vale,
Where groves and flowers abound;
Nor eyes that grudge, nor tongues that rail,
Vex the truth-haunted ground!"
If his meek spirit err'd, opprest
That God denied repose,
What sin is ours, to whom Heaven's rest
Is pledged, to heal earth's woes?
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