From tempting Satan to tempt us, By our connivence, or slack companie, From measuring ill by vitious, Neglecting to choake sins spawne, Vanitie, From indiscreet humilitie, Which might be scandalous, And cast reproach on Christianitie, From being spies, or to spies pervious, From thirst, or scorne of fame, deliver us. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LA PALOMA IN LONDON by CLAUDE MCKAY CONTRA MORTEM: THE COMING OF SNOW by HAYDEN CARRUTH ABOVE HALF MOON by JAMES GALVIN SELF-ANALYSIS by DAVID IGNATOW PROMISE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |