Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LITANY OF THE COMFORTABLE, by VIOLA CHITTENDEN WHITE 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. | 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 ATLAS by VIOLA CHITTENDEN WHITE |
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