Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A POEM TO BE SAID ON HEARING THE BIRDS SING, by ANONYMOUS First Line: A fragrant prayer upon the air Last Line: Was slain for thee Subject(s): Poetry & Poets;prayer | ||||||||
A FRAGRANT prayer upon the air My child taught me, Awaken there, the morn is fair, The birds sing free; Now dawns the day, awake and pray, And bend the knee; The Lamb who lay beneath the clay Was slain for thee. | 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 TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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