Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILENT DEVOTION, by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lord is on his holy throne Last Line: That clasps jehovah's feet. Subject(s): Worship | ||||||||
"The Lord is in his holy temple; -- let all the Earth keep silence before him." THE Lord is on his holy throne, He sits in kingly state; Let those who for his favor seek, In humble silence wait. Your sorrows to his eye are known, Your secret motives clear, It needeth not the pomp of words, To pour them on his ear. Doth Death thy bosom's cell invade? Yield up thy flower of grass: Swells the world's wrathful billow high? Bow down, and let it pass. Press not thy purpose on thy God, Urge not thine erring will, Nor dictate to the Eternal mind, Nor doubt thy Maker's skill. True prayer is not the noisy sound That clamorous lips repeat, But the deep silence of a soul That clasps Jehovah's feet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL by CLAUDE MCKAY LITTLE WHITE CHURCH by MARILYN NELSON A STEEPLE ON THE HOUSE by ROBERT FROST MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by GEORGE SANTAYANA COLUMBUS [JANUARY, 1487] by LYDIA HUNTLEY SIGOURNEY |
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