Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHAT REDRESS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I pray you, do not use this thing Last Line: There's nothing hurts like tenderness. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Love - Nature Of; Prayer | ||||||||
I PRAY you, do not use this thing For vengeance; but if questioning What wound, when dealt your humankind, Goes deepest, -- surely he will find Who wrongs you, loving him no less -- There's nothing hurts like tenderness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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