Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TITHES, by HARRIET SAMPSON First Line: One tenth of what their acreage had grown Last Line: Would buy a mansion in the heavenly state. Subject(s): Money; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
One tenth of what their acreage had grown They gave unto Jehovah; so they made With separate hands a sacrifice and trade, And reaped what they penuriously had sown. They had reward. We heard it in the tone On every Sabbath evening when they prayed Forgiveness for the paltry sins they laid Concealed in cupboards. Virtues they made known. They liked to get ahead of God and pay Before he asked them to; they would not wait For incandescence of a judgment-day, But calculated on a homely slate That just one tenth their corn and calves and hay Would buy a mansion in the heavenly state. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY STANZAS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON FREEDOM by RALPH WALDO EMERSON OF THE REED THAT THE JEWS SET IN OUR SAVIOUR'S HAND by WILLIAM ALABASTER |
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