Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE AMERICAN PATRIOT'S PRAYER, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "parent of all, omnipotent" Last Line: "single to serve the erron'ous throng, / spite of themselves, be mine" Subject(s): U.s. - Declaration Of Independence | ||||||||
PARENT of all, omnipotent In heav'n, and earth below, Thro' all creation's bounds unspent, Whose streams of goodness flow. Teach me to know from whence I rose, And unto what design'd; No private aims let me propose, Since link'd with human kind. But chief to hear my country's voice, May all my thoughts incline, 'T is reason's law, 't is virtue's choice, 'T is nature's call and thine. Me from fair freedom's sacred cause Let nothing e'er divide; Grandeur, nor gold, nor vain applause, Nor friendship false misguide. Let me not faction's partial hate Pursue to this land's woe; Nor grasp the thunder of the state To wound a private foe. If, for the right, to wish the wrong My country shall combine, Single to serve th' erron'ous throng, Spite of themselves, be mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF OUR LAND by ANNETTE WYNNE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS "'TIS MIDNIGHT, AND THE SETTING SUN" by ANONYMOUS "'TWAS ROLLOG, AND THE MINIM POTES" by ANONYMOUS 1648 : FOR COSSACKS by ANONYMOUS A CHERRY YEAR / A MERRY YEAR by ANONYMOUS A COMET FROM THE RHYMERS' CLUB AFAR by ANONYMOUS "A FOX, A FOX, UP GALLANTS TO THE FIELDS" by ANONYMOUS |
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