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...APPROACH OF WINTER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS A CLEVER WOMAN by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE HYMN TO INTELLECTUAL BEAUTY by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY IL PLEUT DOUCEMENT SUR LA VILLE by PAUL VERLAINE THE SAILOR'S WIFE by JEAN ADAMS |