Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITANY OF THE COMFORTABLE, by VIOLA CHITTENDEN WHITE



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THE LITANY OF THE COMFORTABLE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Remembering thy sacrificial throne
Last Line: We look upon thy face.
Subject(s): God; Prayer


Remembering Thy sacrificial throne,
We chosen guardians of revelation
Establish on the earth the Word's foundation
On men that groan.

We praise and magnify Thee, that of the seed
Thy martyrs planted who in anguish died,
We are the fruit indeed,
Consummate, justified.

Against inquiry and ardor's heat
Thy mercy we entreat;
From consequence untoward and perilous
Deliver us;

From rod and tribulation for Thy sake
Deliver us;

From slander, ruin and from social break
Deliver us:

From all excess of love and penitence;
From unproductive forms of violence
Deliver us;

From needless pain and execrated sorrow;
From the fool's paradise, unplanned tomorrow;
From hunger fell with its fell partner thirst;
From leprous blight of poverty accursed;
From exile, revolution and the rest
That Thou hast blest,
Deliver us;

And at the last, we pray Thee, of Thy Grace
From sudden death
Deliver us;

Lest it be truly as the prophet saith,
That in unsheltered space
We look upon Thy face.





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