SACRED attention! true effectual pray'r! Thou dost the soul for love of truth prepare. Blest is the man, who, from conjecture free, To future knowledge shall aspire by thee; Who in thy precepts seeks a sure repose, Stays till he sees, nor judges till he knows; Tho' firm, not rash; tho' eager, yet sedate; Intent on truth, can its instruction wait; Aw'd by thy powerful influence to appeal To Heaven, which only can itself reveal; The soul in humble silence to resign, And human will unite to the divine; Till fir'd at length by Heaven's enlivening beams, Pure, unconsum'd, the faithful victim flames. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALEXANDER THROCKMORTON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS ON THE SALE OF MY FARM by ROBERT FROST THOUGHTS OF A TINY PIG by DAVID IGNATOW AUTUMN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IVY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE YOUNG WARRIOR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ELIZABETH CHILDERS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |