Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GARFIELD, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY First Line: Brave sufferer, pausing betwixt life and death Last Line: "and die, if there be need, for mine and me?" Subject(s): Heaven; Pain; Prayer; Paradise; Suffering; Misery | ||||||||
Brave sufferer, pausing betwixt life and death, Now gazing into hopeful, anxious eyes, Regarding now eternal mysteries! "Be patient still," the gracious Master saith, "A prayer for thee rises with every breath; Heaven, not impregnable, is stormed with sighs, And praying souls in Heaven have strong allies, But God all prayer His own way answereth. Remember that I chose not gain but loss, With shame and sorrow and the bitter cross, And death, not life, at last, for thine and thee. Canst thou not pray with me, 'Thy will be done,' Leaving thy matter in my hands alone, And die, if there be need, for mine and me?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PARTHENOPHIL AND PARTHENOPHE: MADRIGAL 14 by BARNABE BARNES SONNETS IN SHADOWS: 1 by ARLO BATES IN PRAISE OF PAIN by HEATHER MCHUGH THE SYMPATIZERS by JOSEPHINE MILES LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY |
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