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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 77, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: We rate our little lives beyond their worth
Last Line: For none are justified in god's clear sight.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Salvation
First Line: We rate our little lives beyond their worth
Last Line: For none are justified in god's clear sight.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Salvation
We rate our little lives beyond their worth—
Time hath not taught us true humility.
What claim hath any child of mortal birth
That life should be from pain and dolour free?
To Immortality what right have we?—
Salvation is a favour, not a right,
For none are justified in God's clear sight.
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