Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 168, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE First Line: O who can doubt her ministering power Last Line: Man will look out upon a world of woe! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Faith; Spirituality; Belief; Creed | ||||||||
O who can doubt Her ministering power, The spiritual sceptre which She wields? Deprive Her of Her immemorial dower, Blot out Her Light from all our English fields, The virtuous lives Her bright example yields, And in that day when Faith and Reverence go Man will look out upon a world of woe! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 4 by MARK JARMAN QUIA ABSURDUM by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET TO FORTUNE by LUCY AIKEN JONATHAN EDWARDS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS by ROBERT LOWELL RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION by MINA LOY A DULL DAY IN SEPTEMBER by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE |
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