"EF yer wants ter gain de kingdom." Said de preacher, gazin' 'roun', "Wants ter reach dat home in glory Whar we lays our burdens down, Pay ertention ter dis message, An' dat hebbenly city see, Gib yer heart to Gawd Ermighty, An' yer pocket-book ter me! "Don't be no wise disencouraged Ef de stony way is long, Pars de hat eroun' my brudders Whiles we sing ernudder song. Ef yer lows ter git religion, Specks salvation full an' free, Gib yer heart to Gawd Ermighty, An' yer pocket-book ter me! "Hear de words uv Cap'n Jesus, 'Lay not treasures up on earf', Make er liber'l, large collection, An' receib de secon' birf. When de dimes an' nickels jingle Den we'll shout er jubilee. Gib yer heart ter Gawd Ermighty, An' yer pocket-book ter me! "Gib it all—an' don't begredge it— Don't be holden' eny back, Sackerfices must be offered When we walks de narrer track Pars de hat erlong de benches, Pars it slow, so all kin see, Gib yer heart ter Gawd Ermighty, An' yer pocket-book ter me!" THE END. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUCOLIC COMEDY: SERENADE by EDITH SITWELL EPITAPH by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE HYMN OF PAN by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY SONNET TO THE MOON by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS THE SECOND MOTHERHOOD by ST. CLAIR ADAMS THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: TRANSLATION by CAIUS PEDO ALBINOVANUS CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 2. OF GRATITUDE by WILLIAM BASSE |