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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: THEOLOGY Matches Found: 2477 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "ADAM LAY I-BOWNDYN [OR, I-BOUNDEN, OR, Y-BOUNDEN]", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: "adam lay I-bowndyn, bowndyn in a bond" Last Line: Therefore we may singen / deo gracias Variant Title(s): O Felix Culpa;bless The Time The Apple Was Taken Subject(s): Adam & Eve;bible;eden;love;religion;sin; Theology "I SING OF A MAIDEN [OR, SYGE OF A MAYDEN]", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I sing of a maiden that is makeles Last Line: Well may such a lady / goddes mother be Variant Title(s): Two Carols To Our Lady Subject(s): Christmas Carols;mary. Mother Of Jesus;religion;women - Bible; Virgin Mary;theology "KNIGHT, KNIGHT, CLERK WEND TO DEATH", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "I wende to dede, knight stithe in stoure" Last Line: Bes ware with me! To dede I wende Subject(s): Religion; Theology "LAYING UP TREASURE, FR. THE MAHABHARATA", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "before the ender comes, whose charioteer" Last Line: Thou in thy virtue shall survive them all Subject(s): Religion; Theology "MANE NOBISCUM, DOMINE", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "one summer, ere ascension fell, / 't was evensong, and eke sunday" Last Line: "when we from out this world be brought / mane nobiscum, domine!'" Subject(s): Religion; Theology "STONE THE WOMAN, LET THE MAN GO FREE", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "yes, stone the woman, let the man go free!" Last Line: In his eternal and divine decree / condemn the woman and forgive the man? Subject(s): Religion; Theology "WHERE, OH WHERE ARE THE HEBREW CHILDREN?", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: Safe now in the promised land Subject(s): Religion; Theology 45 MERCY STREET, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In my dream, / drilling into the marrow Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology A BAG OF TOOLS, by R. L. SHARPE Poem Text First Line: Isn't it strange / that princes and kings Last Line: Or a steppingstone. Variant Title(s): Stumbling Block Or Steppingstone Subject(s): Religion; Theology A BALLAD OF TREES AND THE MASTER, by SIDNEY LANIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Into the woods my master went Last Line: Baltimore, november, 1880. Variant Title(s): The Cross;the Trees And The Master Subject(s): Bible; Catholics; Easter; Forests; Holidays; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Nature; Religion; Trees; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; The Resurrection; Woods; Theology A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 16, by THOMAS CAMPION Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Awake, awake, thou heavy sprite Last Line: Then watch and labour, while time is! Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 5, by THOMAS CAMPION Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: View me, lord, a work of thine Last Line: Yet thy grace can lift me high. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A BOOK OF DAYS; 10. EPIPHANY, by MARTHA COLLINS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At last, snow, flocked Last Line: Its breath that breathes Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology A BOOK OF DAYS; 25. PENTECOST, by MARTHA COLLINS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun gone for a moment, air Last Line: Of the word that was, that was to be Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology A BUSH CHRISTENING, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On the outer barcoo where the churches are few Last Line: How he came to be christened maginnis! Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Clergy; Marriage; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology A CABINET OF SEEDS DISPLAYED, by HOWARD NEMEROV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These are the original monies of the earth Subject(s): Religion; Seeds; Theology A CALVARY PATH, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where the stone steps Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology A CANTICLE, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Be with me, o lord,when my life hath increase Last Line: And the roses of paradise blow! Subject(s): Religion; Theology A CAROL FOR CHRISTMAS DAY BEFORE DAWN, by GORDON BOTTOMLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O, bethlem town to-night is cold Last Line: A world more sorrowful than theirs. Subject(s): Christmas Carols; Religion; Theology A CAROL: STANDARD OF THE CROSS, by HARRIET BREWER Poem Text First Line: O'er the silent meadows Last Line: "on earth, peace, good-will." Subject(s): Religion; Theology A CENTURY OF EPIGRAMS: 54, by JAMES VINCENT CUNNINGHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And what is love? Misunderstanding, pain Alternate Author Name(s): Cunningham, J. V. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A CERTAIN CREDITOR, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear lord, there was a certain creditor Last Line: A sum whose total I shall never know. Subject(s): Catholics; Debt; Prayer; Religion; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Theology A CHAINE OF PEARLE: THE FIRST PEARLE. RELIGION, by DIANA PRIMROSE Poem Text First Line: The goodliest pearl in fair eliza's chain Last Line: And against england never could prevaile. Subject(s): Elizabeth I, Queen Of England (1533-1603; Nations; Pearls; Popes; Religion; Papacy; Theology A CHANT, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who is the angel that cometh? Last Line: "in the name of the lord!" Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Religion; Theology A CHANT ROYAL TO MIRACLES, by GRACE FRENCH SMITH Poem Text First Line: Whoever buries truth has lost a wing Last Line: Oh god, for power to see beyond the veil! Subject(s): Religion; Theology A CHILD IS BORN, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: A child is born!' the magi cried, and then Last Line: "lord of the earth beneath and heaven above." Subject(s): Christianity; Christmas; Good; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Life And Ministry; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A CHILD MY CHOICE, by ROBERT SOUTHWELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let folly praise that fancy loves, I praise and love that child Last Line: Correct my faults, protect my life, direct me when I die. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology A CHILD OF LONELINESS, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The pith of faith is gone. And as there lie Last Line: God's love, god's wisdom, child of loneliness. Subject(s): Religion; Solitude; Theology; Loneliness A CHILD'S PRESENT TO HIS CHILD-SAVIOR, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go, pretty child and bear this flower Last Line: To spoil the first impression. Variant Title(s): To His Saviour, A Child; A Present, By A Child Subject(s): Bible; Children; Religion; Childhood; Theology A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They say that god lives very high! Last Line: Who kissed you through the dark, dear guesser?' Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's a song in the air Last Line: And we greet in his cradle our saviour and king. Subject(s): Christmas; Christmas Carols; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the bleak mid-winter Last Line: Give my heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): My Gift Subject(s): Christmas Carols; Christmas Gifts; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology A CHRISTMAS CAROL (ON THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thank god, thank god, we do believe Last Line: Firstborn of god and heir of heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ; Praise; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A CHRISTMAS HYMN, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A stable-lamp is lighted Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Holidays; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A CHRISTMAS HYMN (OLD STYLE: 1837), by ALFRED DOMETT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was the calm and silent night! Last Line: Centuries ago! Variant Title(s): The Nativity;a Christmas Chant Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A CHRISTMAS SONNET; FOR ONE IN DOUBT, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While you that in your sorrow disavow Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A CHRISTMAS WISH, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: At christmas season's glad return Last Line: And god's rich love be understood. Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Holidays; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Love; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A COMMENT ON THE SCRIPTURE: 'IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD', JOHN, I,1, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the beginning was the word - saith john Last Line: That was in the beginning—is the end. Subject(s): Bible; Human Behavior; Life; Religion; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology A CONCEPT SELF-CONCEIVED, by ROBERT FROST Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The latest creed that has to be believed Last Line: The rule is, never give a child a choice Subject(s): Religion; Theology A CONFESSION, by PAUL VERLAINE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O my god, thou hast wounded me with love Subject(s): Religion; Theology A CRADLE SONG, by ISAAC WATTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hush! My dear, lie still and slumber Last Line: Can to greater joys aspire. Variant Title(s): A Cradle Hymn Subject(s): Mothers; Religion; Theology A CREED, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here is the truth in a little creed Last Line: In christ is all the god we know. Variant Title(s): Inbrothered Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Theology A CURSE AGAINST ELEGIES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, love, why do we argue like this Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology A DAY AT CASTROGIOVANNI: 3. DEMETER, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here stood thy temple, on the mountain's horn Last Line: Great mother, vanished from the mountain's horn. Subject(s): Demeter; Goddesses & Gods; Mankind; Mythology; Religion; Ceres; Human Race; Theology A DEATH IN THE DESERT, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Supposed of pamphylax the antiochene Last Line: But 't was cerinthus that is lost.] Subject(s): Jesus Christ; John The Baptist, Saint (1st Century); Religion; Theology A DESIRE, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O, to have dwelt in bethlehem Last Line: And worship and believe. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Christmas; Desire; Jesus Christ; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A DIALOGUE ABOUT COMPELLING A PERSON TO TAKE OATHS TO THE GOVERNMENT, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why so grave, harry? What's the matter, pray? Last Line: At present, sur, god bless ye! And fareweel! Subject(s): John Paul Ii, Pope; Oaths; Popes; Religion; Wojtyla, Karol Jozef; Papacy; Theology A DIEU! AND AU REVOIR!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: As you love me, let there be Last Line: "his father!" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Future Life; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology A DILETTANTE, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Good friend, be patient: goes the world awry? Last Line: The beauty and the pain are more alike. Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta Subject(s): God; Religion; Sin; Theology A DIVINE IMAGE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cruelty has a human heart Last Line: The human heart, its hungry gorge. Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Religion; War; Theology A DREAM QUESTION, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I asked the lord, 'sire, is this true Last Line: Within the ethic of my will.' Subject(s): Bible; God; Religion; Theology A DUAL PERSONALITY, by MARTHEDITH FURNAS Poem Text First Line: My father comes from quaker stock Last Line: And has the devil in it! Subject(s): Dual Personalities; Hypocrisy; Religion; Theology A DUBIOUS NIGHT, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A bell diphthonging in an atmosphere Last Line: I weary of the confidence of god Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology A FATHER'S PRAYER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Lord, give me faith Last Line: To thy wide charity. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology A FLOW'RET IN THE GARLAND; FOR OUT GREAT CENTENARIAN, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO Poem Text First Line: Somewhere I have read or heard it Last Line: For thy gift — for montefiore. Subject(s): Angels; God; Heaven; Montefiore, Moses Haim (1784-1885); Prayer; Religion; Paradise; Theology A FOREST HYMN, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The groves were god's first temples. Ere man learned Last Line: Learn to conform the order of our lives. Variant Title(s): God's First Temples;the Groves Subject(s): Forests; Religion; Trees; Woods; Theology A GLANCE BEHIND THE CURTAIN, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We see but half the causes of our deeds Last Line: An arm of tougher sinew than the sword. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A GLEN AMONG THE HILLS, by JAMES NICHOLSON Poem Text First Line: The sun had roll'd behind the western wave Last Line: His presence shed at midnight on the hills. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology A GRANNY, by THOMAS WALSH Poem Text First Line: The cross her withered fingers hold Last Line: Here was thy meek, thy trusting, stainless heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Death; Grandparents; Religion; Dead, The; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Theology A HAIRBREADTH, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis in the twinkle of escape Last Line: Awaits the hesitating will. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology A HEATHEN HYMN, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O lord, the giver of my days Last Line: And let me lose myself in thee. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A HIGH WAY AND A LOW, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: To every man there openeth Last Line: The way his soul shall go. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Variant Title(s): The Ways Subject(s): Religion; Theology A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, by MARY A. FORD Poem Text First Line: The surging sea of human life forever onward rolls Last Line: Beneath the shadow of thy throne a hundred years from now. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On this auspicious, memorable morn Last Line: We are, in christ, eternally alive. Subject(s): Christmas Carols; Gifts & Giving; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The shepherds watch their flocks by night Last Line: The offspring of this world below. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Nativity, The; Theology A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY (2), by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Christians awake, salute the happy morn Last Line: [or, of angels, and of angel-men, the king.] Variant Title(s): Christmas Carol Subject(s): Christmas Carols; Religion; Theology A HYMN FOR EASTER DAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lord is risen! He, who came Last Line: Cho. Worthy of all pow'r and praise, &c. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Salvation; The Resurrection; Theology A HYMN FOR THE NEW AGE, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: O master of the modern day Last Line: Thrill us anew with holy power! Subject(s): Religion; Theology A HYMN OF SLEEP, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Another day is dying Last Line: And are asleep on jesu's breast. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death - Children; Graves; Religion; Graveyards; Death - Babies; Tombs; Tombstones; Theology A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun Last Line: I fear no more. Variant Title(s): For Forgiveness;to Christ Subject(s): Forgiveness; Prayer; Religion; Remorse; Repentance; Clemency; Theology; Penitence A HYMN; AFTER READING 'LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT', by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Lead gently, lord, and slow Last Line: My greater, guiding star! Subject(s): Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890); Religion; Theology A LAST APPEAL, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O somewhere, somewhere, god! Unknown Last Line: Ah! It was I. Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Religion; Theology A LAST PRAYER, by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Father, I scarcely dare to pray Last Line: Let me repentant work for thee! Alternate Author Name(s): H. H.; Holm, Saxe; Jackson, Helen Hunt Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology A LENTEN CALL, by HILDA JOHNSON WISE Poem Text First Line: Twas the second of march, in the present year Last Line: To the world, the flesh and the devil. Subject(s): Devil; Human Behavior; Lent; Lust; Religion; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology A LITHUANIAN ELEGY, by ROBERT KELLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mist mist my beauty lost Last Line: Red ribbons like strips of meat in the rain Subject(s): Religion; Theology A LITTLE PAGE'S SONG, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God's lark at morning I would be Last Line: And maybe praise! Subject(s): Religion; Spring; Theology A LITTLE TE DEUM OF THE COMMONPLACE; A FRAGMENT, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: With hearts responsive Last Line: We thank thee, lord! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Variant Title(s): A Te Deum Of The Commonplace Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology A LITTLE UNCOMPLICATED HYMN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is what I wanted to write Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology A LITTLE WORD, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: I spoke a word Last Line: Be such as bring forth noble deeds. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Language; Religion; Words; Vocabulary; Theology A LULLABY, by JANET LEWIS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lullee, lullay / I could not love thee more Alternate Author Name(s): Winters, Janet Lewis; Winters, Yvor, Mrs. Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology A MAIDEN'S DREAM, by ROBERT GREENE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Methought, in slumber as I lay and dreamt Last Line: That I awoke and start out of my dream. Subject(s): Fortitude; Hospitality; Justice; Prudence; Religion; Temperance; Wealth; Caution; Theology; Prohibition; Riches; Fortunes A MAN MUST LIVE, by CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON GILMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man must live!' we justify Last Line: Win life forever more. Alternate Author Name(s): Stetson, Charlotte Perkins Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology A MAXIM FOR EVERY DAY, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Find good in all you can Last Line: And leave the rest with god! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology A MECCAN PROPHECY, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not roum, but meccah! Where the skies Last Line: To move the world! ... Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): God; Islam; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Theology A MEDITATION ON THE THREE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Goddess, by threefold ceremonies adored Last Line: To dwell where wholly thou and thine are his. Subject(s): Meditation; Religion; Theology A MINOR PROPHET, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have a friend, a vegetarian seer Last Line: Throbbing respondent to the far-off orbs. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Faith; Friendship; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Salvation; United States; Belief; Creed; Theology; America A MORNING PRAYER, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: For burden that is mine to bear Last Line: This day, o lord, amen. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology A MORNING PRAYER, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let me today do something that will take Last Line: "the world is better that I lived today." Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology A MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord jesus, thou hast known Last Line: Bless her in earth and heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Birthdays; Mothers; Religion; Theology A NATION'S STRENGTH, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not gold, but only man can make Last Line: And lift them to the sky. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A NEW EARTH, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God grant us wisdom in these coming days Last Line: With hearts courageous we may fairer build this last. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Variant Title(s): For A New World Subject(s): Patriotism; Peace; Religion; Theology A NEW ORPHIC HYMN, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The peaks, and the starlit skies, the deeps of the fathomless seas Last Line: And the voice through the darkness heard, and the rush of winnowing wings! Variant Title(s): God Within Yet Above Subject(s): Religion; Theology A NUN, AT SEA, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mother of god, they are sending me to rome Last Line: The sea is a terrible thing! Subject(s): Life; Nuns; Religion; Rome, Italy; Sea; Theology; Ocean A PARAPHRASE ON THE COLLECT FOR ADVENT SUNDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Almighty god, thy heav'nly grace impart Last Line: One glorious god triune, for evermore. Subject(s): Bible; God; Prayer; Religion; Theology A PARAPHRASE ON...LEVITICUS: 11; CONTAINING REASONS OF PROHIBITIONS, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of feathred foules, that fanne the bucksom aire Last Line: Flittyng, with littel leathren sailes dispredde. Subject(s): Bible; Birds; Food & Eating; Religion; Theology A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Long pored saint austin o'er the sacred page Last Line: Than infinite minds conceive god's nature infinite! Subject(s): "augustine, Saint (354-430);god;religion;saints;" Augustine Of Hippo;theology A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF THE NATURE AND DESIGN OF TRUE RELIGION, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is religion? Why it is a cure Last Line: And what religion is they only know. Subject(s): Religion; Religious Education; Theology; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial Schools A PRAYER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "dear god, the light is come, our outgrown creeds" Last Line: Yet shall our eyes behold love's perfect day Subject(s): Prayer;religion; Theology A PRAYER, by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) Poem Text First Line: May the strong arms of god be ever round about thee! Last Line: "die not thou for her,—never,—for I can." Subject(s): God; Hearts; Love - Nature Of; Prayer; Religion; Theology A PRAYER, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. Poem Text First Line: As I lie in bed, / flat on my back Last Line: O god, give me words to make my dream-children live. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology A PRAYER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Lord, hear my morning's prayer! Last Line: One christ to share my earth!' Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology A PRAYER, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, not for light in darkness do we pray Last Line: The deed, the deed. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology A PRAYER, by MAX EHRMANN Poem Text First Line: Let me do my work each day Last Line: And may the evening's twilight find me gentle still. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology A PRAYER, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Teach me, father, how to go Last Line: On the way and be their best. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology A PRAYER, by DMITRY SERGEYEVICH MEREZHKOVSKY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Cast prostrate, in mourning Last Line: Wings of thy spirit. Alternate Author Name(s): Merezhovski, Dmitri Subject(s): God; Mourning; Prayer; Religion; Bereavement; Theology A PRAYER, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O god, our father, if we had but truth! Last Line: Thy garment's hem, which truth and good we name. Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew Subject(s): Religion; Theology A PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY, by MARY CAROLYN DAVIES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Make me too brave to lie or be unkind Last Line: Let me be joy, be hope! Let my life sing! Alternate Author Name(s): Davis, Leland, Mrs.; Pawtuxie Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY, by JOHN MASEFIELD Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O god, whose mercy is our state Last Line: With wisdom that can never end. Alternate Author Name(s): Masefield, John Edward Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Depressions, Economic; George V, King Of England (1865-1936); Prayer; Religion; Recessions; Theology A PRAYER FOR TODAY, by CHARLES NELSON PACE Poem Text First Line: Lord, in an age of steel and stone Last Line: Which call life into lordlier ways. Subject(s): Modern Man; Prayer; Religion; Theology A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR THE SOUL OF AN ECCENTRIC MAN, by FLORA SHUFELT RIVOLA Poem Text First Line: Lord of the understanding heart Last Line: As death's now opening gates. Subject(s): Holidays; Prayer; Religion; Thanksgiving; Turkey; Theology A PRAYER OF THE PEOPLES, by PERCY MACKAYE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God of us who kill our kind! Last Line: We, who pray, ourselves are fate. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackaye, Percy Wallace Subject(s): God; Prayer Meetings; Religion; Soul; Theology A PRAYER TO EVE, by KATHLEEN NORRIS (1947-) Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mother of fictions / and of irony Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology A PRESENCE, by KENNETH SLADE ALLING Poem Text First Line: When the departing, great sun stands Last Line: Like hidden trumpets, answering drums. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A PROGNOSTICATION UPON CARDS AND DICE, by WALTER RALEIGH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Before the sixth day of the next new year Last Line: Whose very beard is flesh, and mouth is horn. Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Variant Title(s): On The Cards And Dice Subject(s): Bible; Gambling; Religion; Wagering; Betting; Theology A PSALM, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O god, in whom my deepest being dwells Last Line: Hide not thyself, let first love prove not wrong. Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology A PSALM OF LIFE, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me not, in mournful numbers Last Line: Learn to labor and to wait. Subject(s): Carpe Diem; Religion; Theology A PURIFICATION, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At start of spring I open a trench Last Line: The old escapes into the new Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology A QUESTION, by PETER TAYLOR FORSYTH Poem Text First Line: Now who will rise Last Line: A central, funded, founded faith? Alternate Author Name(s): Forysth, P. T. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A REAL INCIDENT OF THE PERSECUTING TIMES IN SCOTLAND, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: She lay within that lonely cot Last Line: He rose, and scotland left for aye. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Death; God; Persecution; Religion; Scotland; Dead, The; Theology A RHAPSODY, by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a god most surely in the heavens Last Line: Of fair love lost for ever and a day. Subject(s): God; Happiness; Love; Nature; Religion; Joy; Delight; Theology A ROSE TO THE LIVING, by NIXON WATERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A rose to the living is more than Last Line: Sumptuous wreaths to the dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Martin, Peter Subject(s): Religion; Theology A RUSTIC BRIDGE, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: A rustic bridge; the copse at dawn Last Line: God's love can ring from star to utmost star. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology A SAINT OF CORNWALL, by CICELY FOX SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I don't know who saint mawes was, but he Last Line: Like a good old master mariner whose sailing days are done. Subject(s): Religion; Sailing & Sailors; Theology A SHORT HISTORY OF JUDAIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rabbis wrote Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 45, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If it chance your eye offend you Last Line: When your sickness is your soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 47. THE CARPENTER'S SON, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here the hangman stops his cart Last Line: Live, lads, and I will die.' Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): Bible; Capital Punishment; Religion; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Theology A SILENT TE DEUM, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: We thank thee, lord / for all thy golden silences Last Line: Thank thee, lord! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology A SIMPLIFICATION, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Those great rough ranters, branns Last Line: Maggot off a dead beetle Subject(s): Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925); Religion; Speech; Theology; Oratory; Orators A SLUMBER STORY, by ROBERT J. IRISH Poem Text First Line: At slumber time the nodding heads Last Line: My faith becomes the firmer. Subject(s): Children; Faith; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Childhood; Belief; Creed; Theology A SMALL FIG TREE, by DONALD HALL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am dead, to be sure Subject(s): Bible; Curses; Religion; Theology A SMILE AS SMALL AS MINE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Precisely their necessity. Subject(s): Hope; Religion; Optimism; Theology A SOLILOQUY ON READING THE 5TH AND 8TH VERSES OF THE 37TH PSALM, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In psalm, this evening order'd to be read Last Line: Commit and trust, and he will bring to pass. Subject(s): Bible; God; Prayer; Religion; Theology A SONG FOR SIMEON, by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, the roman hyacinths are blooming in bowls and Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, T. S. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology A SONG IN PASSING, by YVOR WINTERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where am I now? And what Last Line: Is the almight face Subject(s): Religion; Theology A SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD; MEDIEVAL LATIN STUDENTS' SONG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: We in our wandering Last Line: "brother to brother pressed, / tara, tantara, teino!" Subject(s): Brotherhood;catholic Church - Clergy;religion; Catholic Priests;theology A SONG OF THE ROAD, by FRED G. BOWLES Poem Text First Line: I lift my cap to beauty Last Line: The simple are so great! Subject(s): Religion; Simplicity; Theology A SONG TO DAVID, by CHRISTOPHER SMART Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: O thou, that sitt'st upon a throne Last Line: Determined, dared, and done. Subject(s): David (d. 962 B.c.); Religion; Strength; Worship; Theology A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE ME, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A spirit passed before me: I beheld Last Line: Heedless and blind to wisdom's wasted light!' Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology A SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATION, AT THE PRESIDENT'S LEVEE ..., by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today the plant by williams set Last Line: Henceforth the road to heaven! Subject(s): Brown University; Religion; Theology A STICK OF INCENSE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whence did all that fury come? Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology A STORY FOR ROSE ON THE MIDNIGHT FLIGHT TO BOSTON, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Until tonight they were separate specialties Subject(s): Air Travel; Theology A STRIP OF BLUE, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I do not own an inch of land Last Line: Some sea-like glimpse of thee. Subject(s): Religion; Theology A STUDENT'S PRAYER, by JOSEPH GLADDEN HUTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear lord Last Line: Amen. Subject(s): Bible; God; Prayer; Religion; Theology A SUN-DAY HYMN [OR LAMENT], by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord of all being! Throned afar Last Line: One holy light, one heavenly flame! Variant Title(s): The Lord Is My Light Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology A SUPPLICATION, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, we whose sturdy sires Last Line: Turn thou our souls from the dread glamour -- gold! Subject(s): Gold; Greed; Humanity; Religion; Avarice; Cupidity; Theology A TE DEUM FOR GOD'S OWN SELF, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: For thine own self Last Line: Without ending -- praise! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology A THIRD POSSIBILITY, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I fired the brush pile by the creek Last Line: Between the two, and liked them both Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology A THOUGHT, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Seen by memory's magic Last Line: Slightly prized to-day. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology A THOUGHT FOR A LONELY DEATH-BED, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If god compel thee to this destiny Last Line: And smile away my mortal to divine!' Subject(s): Religion; Theology A TRUE LENT, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is this a fast, to keep Last Line: And that's to keep thy lent. Variant Title(s): To Keep A True Lent Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Lent; Religion; Theology A VALEDICTION, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God be with thee, my beloved - god be with thee! Last Line: May god love thee, my beloved, -- may god love thee! Subject(s): Religion; Theology A VIRGIN LIFE, by JANE BARKER Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: Since gracious heven, you have bestow'd on me Last Line: To serve her god, her neighbour, and her friends. Subject(s): Life; Religion; Virginity; Theology; Vestals A VIRILE CHRIST, by REX BOUNDY Poem Text First Line: Give us a virile christ for these rough days! Last Line: Silent, upon the cross on calvary? Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology A WARRIOR'S PRAYER, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long since, in sore distress, I heard one pray Last Line: Rest from the fight! Subject(s): Religion; War; Theology A WEDDING TOAST, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: St. John tells how, at cana's wedding-feast Subject(s): Love - Marital; Marriage; Religion; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology A WORD FROM THE PSALMIST, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Take heed, ye unwise among the people Last Line: O ye fools, when will ye understand? Subject(s): Religion; Time; Theology A WORLD WITHOUT OBJECTS IS A SENSIBLE EMPTINESS, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The tall camels of the spirit Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 2. THE RABBI IN TOWN, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: But in town, what? In bratslav or zlatipolia Last Line: "that penetrates your being. And all being." Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Towns; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 3. EQUITY, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Knowing how bad he feels, how much he grieves Last Line: For god, who must also grieve cut off from him. Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R. Subject(s): Absence; Mourning; Religion; Separation; Isolation; Bereavement; Theology A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 4. MIRRORS, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The face of the moon reflects the sun's bright light Last Line: "to worship himself, what need would he have of us?" Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R. Subject(s): Mirrors; Religion; Sun; Theology A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 5. THE TELLING OF STORIES, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Science? It comes from the forehead of the snake Last Line: But within its extravagant realm, in its heights and depths. Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R. Subject(s): Evil; Good; Religion; Science; Theology; Scientists A.M. FOG, by MARK JARMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night’s afterbirth, last dream before waking Last Line: And knew. And switched the light on. Wide awake Subject(s): Fog; Religion; Haze; Theology ABER STATIONS: STATIO QUARTA, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We have not seen the sun for many days Last Line: But that is what I meant. Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ABOU BEN ADHEM, by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Abou ben adhem (may his tribe increase!) Last Line: And lo! Ben adhem's name led all the rest! Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh Variant Title(s): Abou Ben Adhem And The Angel Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Service; Theology ABOVE THE HEAVENS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Above the gold the sunbeams fling Last Line: Come down to me and you! Subject(s): Religion; Theology ABRAHAM, by EDWIN MUIR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rivulet-loving wanderer abraham Subject(s): Religion; Theology ABT VOGLER, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Would that the structure brave, the manifold music I build Last Line: The c major of this life: so, now I will try to sleep. Subject(s): Musical Instruments; Religion; Theology ABYSS, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief Last Line: Life death does end and each day dies with sleep. Variant Title(s): "the Terrible Sonnets: 2;""no Worst, There Is More, Pitched Past Pitch Of Grief""; Subject(s): Death; Despair; Grief; Religion; Social Protest; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology ACCEPTANCE, by WILLARD WATTLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot think nor reason Last Line: And oh, his certain hands! Subject(s): Religion; Theology ACTS: 2. AT NOON, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, in thy pierced hands Last Line: Let me abide. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 126, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: How else had the pharaonic priesthood curb'd Last Line: That their own perseverance did not steal? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology AD ASTRA: 129, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Had not the greeks of old as fine a sense Last Line: In that first sign and sacrament of heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Holy Ghost; Religion; Holy Spirit; Theology AD ASTRA: 131, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: O baleful lure, to lead our feet astray! Last Line: Strong in whose strength man may think scorn of fate! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Death; Judgment Day; Religion; Dead, The; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology AD ASTRA: 133, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: To man pertains a glory that doth force Last Line: That glance to which the might of godhead cleaves! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Mankind; Religion; Human Race; Theology AD ASTRA: 134, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: In his own image god created man Last Line: But down the ages prowls the selfsame range. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Creation; God; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 148, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Two roads present themselves to every man Last Line: And soul or body now must meet the blade! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Life; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 154, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: And others, more defiant in their tone Last Line: What answer that can wholly set at ease? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology AD ASTRA: 155, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Who hath not felt how little here availeth Last Line: Unclasp'd by god, to close in him again. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 156, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Tis easier to believe than disbelieve! Last Line: Lights with the lily, reddens with the rose. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Spring; Theology AD ASTRA: 157, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Who, that hath scaled the heights, knows not the hour Last Line: Before the throne of thrones omnipotent? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology AD ASTRA: 159, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: But live the christ-like life, and thou shalt know Last Line: Till disbelief a doubt of doubt betrays! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 164, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: And canst thou doubt that christ doth surely live? Last Line: The harmony that links all sentient things. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 167, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: The church of christ must heal the world's unrest Last Line: The glory and wonder of this world's romance! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Love; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology AD ASTRA: 169, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: For what avail these conflicts dire of creed Last Line: And in men's hearts the lamp of faith renew? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology AD ASTRA: 172, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Our passionate conflicts have their day and die Last Line: Who fervently the selfsame christ profess? Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Worship; Theology AD ASTRA: 173, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: In catholicity there breathes a voice Last Line: And all men's hearts be knit in christ again. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Catholics; Churches; Eucharist; Love; Religion; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Cathedrals; Communion; Theology AD ASTRA: 174, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: In all religions god hath sacrifice! Last Line: When from high mosque muezzin calls to prayer.' Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 178, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: The lord shall be the god of the whole earth! Last Line: The night of doubt and discord pass away. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 76, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Why thro' vast aeons was the light delay'd? Last Line: And never a wind of grace blew from his throne! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Kindness; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 87, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Tho' sore adread, o wherefore need we doubt Last Line: No babylon amid the desert rose! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 89, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: How meetly from the poor his gospel came Last Line: And in men's hearts the living truth instil. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Eucharist; Jesus Christ; Religion; Communion; Theology AD ASTRA: 91, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Yet even the chosen of god were not exempt Last Line: Still clave they to their vain imaginings! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 92, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Forewarn'd , they had their fate before their eyes Last Line: And drag their generations in the dust. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 96, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Will they at last their rock of refuge find? Last Line: In whom the future and the past are one! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): David (d. 962 B.c.); Religion; Theology AD ASTRA: 98, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: O god, if all our thoughts of thee are vain! Last Line: Too shallow for the needs of every day! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AD BESTIAS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ye have the power to lift us higher Last Line: To forge the martyr's crown. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology AD COELUM, by HARRY ROMAINE Poem Text First Line: At the muezzin's call for prayer Last Line: Had reached him through the gods they knew. Subject(s): Religion; Theology AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM, by FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thy glory alone, o god, be the end of all that I say Last Line: And the light of thy glory, o god, be unveiled in the dawning of day. Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. G. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ADAM POSED, by ANNE FINCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Could our first father, at his toilsome plough Last Line: T' have hit the wavering form, or given this thing a name! Alternate Author Name(s): Kingsmill, Anne; Winchilsea, Countess Of Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Religion; Eve; Theology ADDRESS TO THE REV. DR. JOHN MUIR, ST JAMES' PARISH, GLASGLOW, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Servant of god! Through fifty honoured years Last Line: Our god, our faith, our hope, our church, the same! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Clergy; Glasgow, Scotland; God; Religion; Service; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology ADJUSTMENT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The tree of faith its bare, dry boughs must shed Last Line: And the new gospel verifies the old. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ADMONITIONS TO A SPECIAL PERSON, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Watch out for power Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ADORATION, by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I love my god, but with no love of mine Last Line: Our source, our centre, and our dwelling-place! Alternate Author Name(s): Guion, De La Mothe; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Mothe; Guyon Du Chesnoy Variant Title(s): By Thy Life I Live Subject(s): God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology ADVENT, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The year draws down. In the meadows Subject(s): Antoninus, Saint (1389-1459); God; Religion; Theology ADVICE TO A PROPHET, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: When you come, as you soon must, to the streets of our city Last Line: When the bronze annals of the oak-tree close. Subject(s): Antinuclear Movement; Christianity; Environment; Judgment Day; Messiah; Nuclear War; Religion; Sea Monsters; Nuclear Freeze; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Atomic Bomb; Hydrogen Bomb; Theology; S ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES, by ANN PLATO Poem Text First Line: Day after day I sit and write Last Line: Be ever our desires. Subject(s): Advice; African Americans - Women; Human Behavior; Religion; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology AFTER AUSCHWITZ, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anger, / as black as a hook Subject(s): God; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Religion; Shoah; Judaism; Theology AFTER LORCA, by ROBERT CREELEY Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The church is a business, and the rich / are the business men Subject(s): Religion; Theology AFTER THE STORM, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: After the storm - thy calm Last Line: Temples of grace all dedicate to thee! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology AFTER WORK, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Lord, when thou seest that my work is done Last Line: Will I come. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Future Life; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: You said the anger would come back Subject(s): Anger; Theology AGLAE, by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Atrium of aglae's house in rome. A fountain Last Line: O christ, accept me! I believe! Subject(s): Christianity; Courts & Courtiers; Religion; Roman Empire; Theology AH! YET CONSIDER IT AGAIN, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old things need not be therefore true Last Line: Far less consider it again. Subject(s): Religion; Theology AHOLIBAH, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the beginning god made thee Last Line: If his were that aholibah. Subject(s): Beauty; Bible; Creation; God; Religion; Women; Theology ALATUS, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Their supply lines cut Last Line: Toward the hid pulse of things, its / winged skeleton Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Autumn; Theology ALL IN ALL (2), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We know thee, each in part Last Line: Are starlight to the noon of love. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER', by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine Last Line: The soul that must endure it. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Vanity; Theology ALL SAINTS (1), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They have brought gold and spices to my king Last Line: For lo! His banner over thee is love. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Religion; Saints; Singing & Singers; Theology ALL SOULS', by DANA GIOIA Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Suppose there is no heaven and no hell Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology ALL'S WELL, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Is the pathway dark and dreary? Last Line: All's .... Well! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology ALL'S WELL, by HARRIET MCEWEN KIMBALL Poem Text First Line: The day is ended. Ere I sink to sleep Last Line: The morning light may break. Variant Title(s): An Evening Prayer Subject(s): Religion; Theology ALL'S WELL, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The clouds, which rise with thunder, slake Last Line: The glaring sunshine never knew! Subject(s): Religion; Theology ALMANSOR, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In fair cordova's cathedral Last Line: And the christian gods wail loudly. Subject(s): Churches; Kisses; Lips; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology ALMIGHTY GOD; CHORUS OF PRIESTS, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Almighty god! When round thy shrine Last Line: Eternal life and peace and love! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Religion; Theology ALTRUISM, by DAVID STARR JORDAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The god of things as they are Last Line: The love of the mother and child. Subject(s): Altruism; Religion; Theology AMARYLLIS, by MARK WUNDERLICH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: You've seen a cat consume a hummingbird, seen Last Line: "no contrivance, no gasp, / no dream Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology AMBOYNA: PROLOGUE, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As needy gallants, in the scrivener's hands Last Line: As much improper as would honesty. Variant Title(s): Satire On The Dutch Subject(s): Cruelty; Great Britain - Dutch War (1672-1678); Merchants; Plays & Playwrights ; Religion; Dramatists; Theology AMORETTI: 68, by EDMUND SPENSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Most glorious lord of life, that on this day Last Line: Love is the lesson which the lord us taught. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Variant Title(s): "easter Day;christ's True Love's Example;easter Morning;sonnet On Easter;easter;""most Glorious Lord Of Lyfe That On This Day""; Subject(s): Bible; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Redemption; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology AN AGNOSTIC, by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No disciple am I, lord Last Line: And I follow thee. Subject(s): Agnosticism; Doubt; Faith; God; Religion; Skepticism; Belief; Creed; Theology AN ANCIENT PRAYER, by THOMAS HARRY BASIL WEBB Poem Text First Line: Give me a good digestion, lord, and also something to digest Last Line: To get some happiness from life and pass it on to other folk. Subject(s): Religion; Theology AN ANNIVERSARY, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What we have been becomes Last Line: In the country we have married Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology AN APPEAL, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Spare her, o cruel england! Last Line: They can die and go to him. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): England; Faith; Ireland; Religion; English; Belief; Creed; Irish; Theology AN EASTER SONG, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A song of sunshine through the rain Last Line: Were just three days apart. Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan Variant Title(s): Calvary And Easter Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology AN EASTER SONG, TO ROSEMARY, AET. 10, by A. L. MACKENZIE JR. Poem Text First Line: Mine is the gift and you the giver Last Line: And we'll play in the halls of paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Mackenzie, Archibald L., Jr. Subject(s): Easter; Heaven; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Paradise; Theology AN ECHO FROM THE SEA, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON Poem Text First Line: As a shell upon the shore Last Line: God and heaven. Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology AN ELEGY IS PREPARING ITSELF, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are pines that are tall enough Subject(s): Religion; Theology AN EPISODE OF THE GREAT AWAKENING IN NEW ENGLAND, by DONALD REVELL Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: As night pushes its red forerunners Subject(s): Revivals; Religion; New England; Religious Revivals; Theology AN EPITAPH, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let us not think of our departed dead Last Line: Where all may taste a more immortal bread. Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology AN OBSESSIVE COMBINATION OF ONTOLOGICAL INSCAPE ..., by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Busy, with an idea for a code, I write Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AN OLD CHRISTMAS CAROL, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh wake ye, little children Last Line: For this is christmas day. Subject(s): Children; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Religion; Childhood; Nativity, The; Theology AN OLD SONG RE-SUNG, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: I saw three ships a-sailing Last Line: When wilt thou come for me? Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Religion; Theology ANCIENT HISTORY, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Adam, a brown old vulture in the rain Last Line: The gaunt wild man whose lovely sons were dead. Subject(s): Abel; Adam & Eve; Bible; Cain; Religion; Soldiers; Theology ANCIENT HYMN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "art thou weary, art thou languid, art thou sore" Last Line: "answer, 'yes'" Subject(s): Religion; Theology AND THE GREATNESS OF THESE --, by J. R. PERKINS Poem Text First Line: I have seen an old faith falter Last Line: Rise up and smile and love again. Subject(s): Religion; Theology AND THOU?, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: For thee, - earth's fetters worn Last Line: "come -- enter in, and share my happiness!" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY?, by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Brother, come! / and let us go unto our god Last Line: And, brother, what shall you say? Subject(s): African Americans; Brotherhood; God; Religion; Social Protest; Negroes; American Blacks; Theology ANDREA DEL SARTO (CALLED THE FAULTLESS PAINTER), by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But do not let us quarrel any more Last Line: Again the cousin's whistle! Go, my love. Subject(s): Paintings & Painters; Religion; Sarto, Andrea Del (1486-1531); Theology ANDREW RYKMAN'S PRAYER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Andrew rykman's dead and gone Last Line: Make his prayer our own? Subject(s): Death; Prayer; Religion; Dead, The; Theology ANGELS OF THE LOVE AFFAIR: 1. ANGEL OF FIRE AND GENITALS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Angel of fire and genitals, do you know slime Variant Title(s): Slime Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ANGELS OF THE LOVE AFFAIR: 2. ANGEL OF CLEAN SHEETS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Angel of clean sheets, do you know bedbugs Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ANGELS OF THE LOVE AFFAIR: 3. ANGEL OF FLIGHT AND SLEIGH BELS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Angel of flight and sleigh bells, do you know paralysis Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ANGELS OF THE LOVE AFFAIR: 4. ANGEL OF HOPE AND CALENDARS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Angel of hope and calendars, do you know despair Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ANGELS OF THE LOVE AFFAIR: 5. ANGEL OF BLIZZARDS AND BLACKB, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Angel of blizzards and blackouts, do you know raspberries Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ANGELS OF THE LOVE AFFAIR: 6. ANGEL OF BEACH HOUSES AND PICNICS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Angel of beach houses and picnics, do you know solitaire Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ANGOSTO THEO, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Long have I framed weak phantasies of thee Last Line: Would raise my voice in song. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ANIMA MUNDI, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anima mundi' - of thyself existing Last Line: Hope of the human heart, descend, descend! Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Religion; Theology ANNA WHO WAS MAD, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anna who was mad, / I have a knife in my armpit Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ANODYNE: PAIN, by THOMAS KEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Since 'tis god's will, pain, take your course Last Line: Beneath his wing's propitious shade. Subject(s): Pain; Religion; Suffering; Misery; Theology ANOTHER REVENANT, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One long-dead / returned for a night Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology ANOTHER VOICE, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sword bites for peace Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology ANSWER TO PRAYER, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Der ain't no use in sayin' de lawd won't answer / prah Last Line: Night. Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ; Prayer; Religion; Worship; Nativity, The; Theology APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 1, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Holy parables discarding Last Line: That is not an answer, surely? Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology APPREHENSION, by JAMES ANDERSON FRASER Poem Text First Line: I do not fear Last Line: And unloved. Subject(s): Religion; Theology APPROACHES, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When thou turn'st away from ill Last Line: Then christ is thy very soul. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology ARGUMENT OF A DISSENTER, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I never to the church will give Last Line: That there is one dissenter less. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Dissenters; Graves; Religion; Tombs; Tombstones; Theology ARMAGEDDON, by JOHN CROWE RANSOM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Antichrist, playing his lissome flute and merry Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology ARMAGEDDON, by CARROLL RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The world is growing weary of its emperors and / kings Last Line: The devil having ridden on the gale. Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll Subject(s): Religion; Tyranny & Tyrants; War; Theology AS A CHILD IN THE TEMPLE, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: I'm looking forward to my death,' she said Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology AS CHRIST WAS THEN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: As christ was then, so god is now Last Line: So will he be to you. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology AS DOWN IN THE SUNLESS RETREATS, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Last Line: The hope of my spirit turns trembling to thee! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Religion; Theology AS IT WAS WRITTEN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Earth, earth, / riding your merry-go-round Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AS KINGFISHERS CATCH FIRE, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame Last Line: To the father through the features of men's faces. Subject(s): Religion; Theology AS THY DAYS SO SHALL THY STRENGTH BE, by GEORGIANA KLINGLE HOLMES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God broke our years to hours and days Last Line: We only bear the burden by the hour. Alternate Author Name(s): Klingle, George Variant Title(s): Hour By Hour Subject(s): Religion; Time; Worship; Theology ASCENSION, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The body lay on the bier of death Last Line: "but say, from vienna or munich instead." Subject(s): Ascension Day; Death; Life; Religion; Soul; Dead, The; Theology ASCENSION, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stretching himself as if again Subject(s): Ascension Day; Religion; Theology ASOLANDO: REVERIE, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I know there shall dawn a day Last Line: And power comes full in play. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ASPECTS OF EVE, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To have been one / of many ribs Subject(s): Religion; Theology ASPIRATION, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We never know how high we are Last Line: For fear to be a king. Subject(s): Religion; Theology AT A BURIAL, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord of all light and darkness Last Line: Lord of all life and death. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Death; Funerals; Life; Religion; Dead, The; Burials; Theology AT A COUNTRY FUNERAL, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Now the old ways that have brought us Last Line: A second and more final death Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology AT A TEA PARTY, by BERNICE SWANSON Poem Text First Line: Over the teacup's rim Last Line: And make me whole. Subject(s): God; Man-woman Relationships; Religion; Male-female Relations; Theology AT CHURCH, by CORA BABBITT JOHNSON Poem Text First Line: The preacher preached from a pulpit Last Line: And I knew that god lived there. Subject(s): Churches; God; Preaching & Preachers; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology AT LAST, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When on my day of life the night is falling Last Line: The life for which I long. Variant Title(s): To Paths Unknown Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology AT LITTLE VIRGIL'S WINDOW, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are three green eggs in a small brown pocket Subject(s): Religion; Theology AT SEA, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thy beauty fills each bubble-dome Last Line: My bosom -- lord, abide. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Sea; Theology; Ocean AT THE PLACE OF THE SEA, by ANNIE JOHNSON FLINT Poem Text First Line: Have you come to the red sea place in your life Last Line: In a place that his hand hath made. Subject(s): Red Sea; Religion; Theology ATALANTA IN CALYDON, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maiden, and mistress of the months and stars Last Line: For the hands of their kingdom are strong. Subject(s): Atalanta; Fates (mythology); Mankind; Mythology; Plays & Playwrights; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Human Race; Theology ATONEMENT, by MARGARET E. BRUNER Poem Text First Line: How often we neglect a friend Last Line: A wreath to lay upon his bier. Subject(s): Guilt; Religion; Theology ATTA TROLL; A SUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM: CAPUT 8, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Many a very virtuous burgher Last Line: "dance before the master's throne?" Subject(s): Creation; Grief; Religion; Soul; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology ATTAINMENT, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Use all your hidden forces. Do not miss Last Line: Material things must answer and obey. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Materialism; Religion; Worship; Theology AUGURIES OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To see a world in a grain of sand Last Line: To those who dwell in realms of day Variant Title(s): Blake's Testament;what A Wonderful World Subject(s): Animals; Bible; Freedom; Imagination; Innocence; Mythology; Religion; Vision; Liberty; Fancy; Theology AUGUST 17TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good for visiting hospitals or charitable work. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AUGUST 8TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And do not be indiscreet or unconventional. Play it safe Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE, by DYLAN THOMAS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: This day winding down now Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology AUTUMN AND DEATH, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are coy, these sisters, autumn and death Subject(s): Autumn; Religion; Seasons; Fall; Theology AUTUMN LEAVES, by MINNIE CASE HOPKINS Poem Text First Line: About the chilly, ragged lawns they lie Last Line: Could ask a fairer fate for them, or me? Subject(s): Autumn; Religion; Seasons; Fall; Theology AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA, by OSCAR WILDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Was this his coming! I had hoped to see Last Line: And over both with outstretched wings the dove. Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology AWARENESS, by MIRIAM TEICHNER Poem Text First Line: God-let me be aware Last Line: God—let me be aware. Subject(s): Religion; Theology AWAY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot say, and I will not say Last Line: He is not dead -- he is just away. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Variant Title(s): He Is Not Dead Subject(s): Grief; Religion; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology €ŒNOTHING IS REALLY HARD BUT TO BE REAL€”€?, by JOHN CIARDI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Religion; Poetry & Poets; Theology BABYLON, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bow, daughter of babylon, bow thee to dust! Last Line: And the satyrs shall dance, and the bittern shall cry! Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Babylon; Bible; Religion; Theology BACK, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They ask me where I've been Last Line: Because he bore my name. Variant Title(s): Black Subject(s): Religion; War; World War I; Theology; First World War BAGATELLES: 2, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS Poem Text First Line: For kitty has a golden head Last Line: Is my religion too. Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Religion; Solomon (10th Century B.c.); Theology BALLAD OF THE GOODLY FERE, by EZRA POUND Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ha' we lost the goodliest fere o' all Last Line: Sin' they nailed him to the tree. Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Disciples, Twelve; Theology BALLAD OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are the toilers from whom god barred Last Line: "god, give us another chance!" Variant Title(s): The Song Of The Unsuccessful Subject(s): Failure; God; Labor & Laborers; Life; Religion; Sin; Soul; Success; Work; Workers; Theology BALLADE OF LOST OBJECTS, by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where are the ribbons I tie my hair with? Alternate Author Name(s): Hayden, Charles, Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Youth; Theology BARABBAS, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When he opens the gates of the morning Last Line: Amplias. Perhaps, perhaps! Subject(s): Bible; Generosity; Pride; Religion; Self-esteem; Self-respect; Theology BAT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: His awful skin Subject(s): Bats; Theology BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC, by JULIA WARD HOWE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord Last Line: While god is marching on. Subject(s): American Civil War; Americans; Freedom; Patriotism; Religion; United States - History; United States; War; Liberty; Theology; America BAYONET, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What can I do with this bayonet Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology BE STRONG, by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Be strong! / we are not here to play, to dream, to drift Last Line: Faint not -- fight on! To-morrow comes the song. Subject(s): Religion; Strength; Theology BE STRONG, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Be strong to hope, o heart Last Line: Thou wouldst be strong! Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Love; Religion; Strength; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Theology BE TRUE [THYSELF], by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou must be true thyself Last Line: A great and noble creed. Subject(s): Religion; Theology BE WITH US, by HENRY CHAPPELL Poem Text First Line: We raise, o lord, the massy pile Last Line: And peace eternal fill the heart. Subject(s): Death; God; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology BEACON LIGHTS, by NELLIE E. WARREN Poem Text First Line: An airport and a beacon-light shining Last Line: "shall be given to wear the crown." Subject(s): Churches; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology BEAUTITUDE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And is it well with thee Last Line: May enter in. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology BED-ROCK, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: I have been tried Last Line: For true happiness. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology BEFORE ACTION, by WILLIAM NOEL HODGSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: By all the glories of the day Last Line: Help me to die, o lord. Alternate Author Name(s): Melbourne, Edward Subject(s): Religion; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; Theology; First World War BEFORE DAY, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come in this hour to set my spirit free Last Line: Hungered for what my heart shall never say. Subject(s): Religion; Soldiers' Writings; Theology BEGINNING THE HEGIRA: FOOD, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I want mother's milk Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology BEGINNING THE HEGIRA: THE MONEY SWING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother, father, / I hold this snapshot of you Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology BELIEVERS, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: I heard one talking yesterday of god! Last Line: Help thou our unbelief! Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology BELLEROPHON: THERE ARE NO GODS, by EURIPIDES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Doth some one say that there are gods above? Last Line: Is built up from our good and evil luck. Variant Title(s): Kings Subject(s): Agnosticism; Religion; Theology BELLS OF DUMBLETON, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: So frankly had the cowslips come Last Line: Friend! Subject(s): Bells; Religion; Self-doubt; Theology BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST, by PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stay! / why stay? The road is free Last Line: What the poet had intended. Subject(s): Religion; Theology BENEATH SEARCHLIGHTS, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shop windows glow like fish tanks. Even in twon Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology BENIGNANT DEATH, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thanking god for life and light Last Line: If we could not die! Subject(s): Death; Life; Religion; Dead, The; Theology BERMUDAS, by ANDREW MARVELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Where the remote bermudas ride Last Line: With falling oars they kept the time. Variant Title(s): The Emigrants In Bermudas;in Exile;song Of The Emigrants In Bermudas Subject(s): Bermuda; Exiles; Explorers; Fantasy; God; Religion; Sailing & Sailors; Sea; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Theology; Seamen; Sails; Ocean BESTIARY U.S.A.: HORNET, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A red-hot needle Subject(s): God; Hornets; Religion; Theology BESTIARY U.S.A.: STAR-NOSED MOLE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mole, angel-dog of the pit Subject(s): Moles; Religion; Theology BESTIARY U.S.A.: WHALE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whale on the beach, you dinosaur Subject(s): God; Religion; Whales; Theology BETRAYAL, by HESTER H. CHOLMONDELEY Poem Text First Line: Still, as of old Last Line: Himself, not christ. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology BETTER, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Better for sin to dwell from heaven apart Last Line: Were deeper hell. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology BETTER THAN GOLD, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Better than grandeur, better than gold Last Line: And centre there, are better than gold. Subject(s): Home; Religion; Theology BEYOND KNOWLEDGE, by ALICE MEYNELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Into the rescued world newcomer Last Line: "o child, it is a rescued sin!" Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina Subject(s): Bible; Children; Redemption; Religion; Sin; Childhood; Theology BIBLIOLATRES, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bowing thyself in dust before a book Last Line: Still at the prophets' feet the nations sit. Subject(s): Books; Religion; Reading; Theology BISHOP BLOUGRAM'S APOLOGY, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No more wine? Then we'll push back chairs and talk Last Line: And studied his last chapter of saint john. Subject(s): Religion; Sleep; Theology BISHOP GLOBE-TROTTER, by LEWIS SASSE II Poem Text First Line: Being raised to the purple gave me an itching foot Last Line: Buddhists, confucianists, christians, and an atheist. Subject(s): Cairo; Prayer; Religion; Ships & Shipping; Travel; Theology; Journeys; Trips BLIND, by EGMONT HEGEL ARENS Poem Text First Line: Seeking god Last Line: And still waters. Subject(s): Blindness; God; Religion; Visually Handicapped; Theology BLIND, by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Show me your god!' the doubter cries Last Line: Is blind of soul, and cannot see! Alternate Author Name(s): Hotair, Dopeton Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology BLIND, by NORMAN V. PEARCE Poem Text First Line: I cannot view the bloom upon the rose Last Line: And thank my god and do not ask for more. Subject(s): Blindness; Religion; Visually Handicapped; Theology BLIND BARTIMAEUS, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blind bartimaeus at the gates Last Line: "thy faith from blindness gives release!" Subject(s): Begging & Beggars; Bible; Blindness; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Visually Handicapped; Theology BLIND BUT HAPPY, by FRANCES JANE CROSBY Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: O what a happy soul am I Last Line: I cannot, and I won't. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Alstyne, Frances Jane, Mrs.; Crosby, Fanny Subject(s): Blindness; Religion; Visually Handicapped; Theology BLIND GUIDES, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: And who are these poor souls who in your name Last Line: Would judge the nations by their garbled truth. Subject(s): Blindness; Religion; Visually Handicapped; Theology BLOOD, by WYATT PRUNTY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Known for its repertory lineages Subject(s): Blood; Religion; Theology BOLEROS 14, by JAY WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night enters the plaza, step by step, in the singular Subject(s): Marriage; Religion; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: THE NEW TESTAMENT, by JOHN NELSON DAVIDSON Poem Text First Line: Four are the men who tell of the life of our saviour and master Last Line: Next is the letter by judas, and last is the great revelation. Subject(s): Bible; Books; Religion; Story-telling; Reading; Theology BORODIN, by DONALD REVELL Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the world was loveliness I was Subject(s): Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887); Composers; Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology BRAHMA, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If the red slayer think he slays Last Line: Find me, and turn thy back on heaven. Subject(s): Brahma; God; Religion; Theology BREAK DOWN THE WALLS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Break down the old dividing walls Last Line: One living of the living word. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology BREAKDANCING, by JORIE GRAHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Staying alive the boy on the screen is doing it Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Religion; Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Theology; Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint BREATHLESS AWE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two things,' said kant, 'fill me with breathless awe' Subject(s): Religion; Theology BRIAR ROSE (SLEEPING BEAUTY), by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Consider / a girl who keeps slipping off Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology BRIDGES OF DREAMS, by WILL CHAMBERLAIN Poem Text First Line: I built a bridge of dreams across Last Line: Of all my dreams. Subject(s): Dreams; God; Religion; Nightmares; Theology BRING THE DAY, by THEODORE ROETHKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bees and lilies there were Subject(s): Religion; Theology BRING THEM BACK, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How many are out of the fold to-day Last Line: To the straight and narrow track. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology BRING US THE LIGHT, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: I hear a clear voice calling, calling Last Line: Bring, o, bring us the light! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology BROTHERHOOD, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God, what a world, if men in street and mart Last Line: Rise to the meaning of true brotherhood. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Variant Title(s): True Brotherhood Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Theology BROTHERHOOD (2), by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The crest and crowning of all good Last Line: Make way for brotherhood—make way for man. Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Theology BROTHERS OF THE FAITH, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: In christ there is no east or west Last Line: Throughout the whole wide earth. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Variant Title(s): No East Or West Subject(s): Christianity; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology BROTHERS: 7. STILL THERE IS MERCY, THERE IS GRACE, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How otherwise / could I have come to this Last Line: But, amen, yours. Subject(s): Creation; Grace; Mercy; Religion; Travel; Theology; Journeys; Trips BUILDING FOR ETERNITY, by N. B. SARGENT Poem Text First Line: We are building in sorrow or joy Last Line: In the city of light above? Subject(s): Religion; Theology BURDEN-BEARERS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Burden-bearers are we all Last Line: To god. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology BURIAL OF MOSES, by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: By nebo's lonely mountain Last Line: Of him he loved so well. Alternate Author Name(s): Humprheys, Cecil Frances; Alexander, C. F., Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Jews; Moses; Religion; Dead, The; Judaism; Theology BURNING ISLAND, by GARY SYNDER Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: O wave god who broke through me today Subject(s): Nature; Buddhism; Religion; Buddha; Buddhists; Theology BUSIRIS THE PROUD, by JAMES CHAPMAN Poem Text First Line: In a silence like that of sahara lies goshen Last Line: The wilderness welcomes the feet of the free! Subject(s): Egyptology; Religion; Theology BUT WHEN YE PRAY, by FRANCES CROSBY HAMLET Poem Text First Line: But when ye pray, say our - not mine or thine Last Line: When all can pray, not mine, or thine, but our. Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Theology BUT WHO SHALL SEE, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: But who shall see the glorious day Last Line: Some long-lost exile home! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Zionism; Judaism; Theology BUYING THE WHORE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You are the roast beef I have purchased Subject(s): Whores; Theology BY AN EVOLUTIONIST, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man Last Line: A height that is higher. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Religion; Theology CAEDMON, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All others talked as if Subject(s): Caedmon (7th Century); Christianity; Religion; Theology CAELICA: 109, by FULKE GREVILLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sion lies waste, and thy jerusalem Last Line: To yield the sin her everlasting doom. Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, 1st Baron; Brooke, Lord Subject(s): Bible; Jerusalem; Religion; Theology CAESURA, by JOHN ASHBERY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Job sat in a corner of the dump eating asparagus Last Line: The weather of the soul, vandalized, out-at-elbow. A blight, spared though Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology CALIBAN IN THE COAL MINES, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God, we don't like to complain Last Line: Fling us a handful of stars! Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Mines & Miners; Religion; Social Protest; Theology CALIBAN UPON SETEBOS; OR, NATURAL THEOLOGY IN THE ISLAND, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Will sprawl, now that the heat of day is best Last Line: One little mess of whelks, so he may 'scape!] Subject(s): Caliban; Religion; Theology CAMPUS ETCHING, by GRACE DICKINSON SPERLING Poem Text First Line: The chapel tower that lifts against the sky Last Line: Rapt in high song and austere orisons. Subject(s): Churches; Religion; Singing & Singers; Soul; Cathedrals; Theology CANA, by JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear friend! Whose presence in the Last Line: And water turned to wine Alternate Author Name(s): C., J. F. Subject(s): Cana, Galilee; Jesus Christ - Legends; Miracles; Religion; Theology CANTICLE FOR GOOD FRIDAY, by GEOFFREY HILL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The cross staggered him. At the cliff-top Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Religion; Theology CARRY ON!, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's easy to fight when everything's right Last Line: Carry on, my soul! Carry on! Subject(s): Religion; World War I; Theology; First World War CEILED HOUSES; A MESSAGE FOR THESE TIMES, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: What are these ceiled houses?' Last Line: "your self-made gods or me!" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology CHALLENGE, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: Oh that some spirit might in us renew Last Line: "our god is working with us, now and here!" Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Veterans Day; Theology CHALLENGE, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The quiet and courageous night Last Line: The cold complacency of earth. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Religion; Theology CHAMBER MUSIC: 14, by JAMES JOYCE Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: My dove, my beautiful one Last Line: Arise, arise! Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology CHARITY, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue Last Line: For ever blessing, and for ever blessed. Subject(s): Bible; God; Heaven; Knowledge; Moses; Religion; Paradise; Theology CHARITY, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: True test and savour of a christian soul Last Line: Meted to christian folk on christian ground! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Charity; Christianity; Religion; Philanthropy; Theology CHARITY THE DAUGHTER OF HUMILITY, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gently I took that which ungently came Last Line: Give him the rotten timber for his pains! Variant Title(s): Forbearance Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology CHARTLESS, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I never saw a moor Last Line: As if the chart were given. Subject(s): Death; Faith; God; Heaven; Religion; Sky; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Paradise; Theology CHILD, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The young child, christ, is straight and wise Last Line: For the young child. Christ, straight and wise. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Religion; Theology CHILD-SONGS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Still linger in our noon of time Last Line: The childlike heart is all! Subject(s): Children; Religion; Childhood; Theology CHOICE, by ELLEN COIT ELLIOTT Poem Text First Line: Ask and it shall be given Last Line: Your heaven or hell. Subject(s): Religion; Theology CHRIST AND THE LITTLE ONES, by JULIA GILL Poem Text First Line: The master has come over jordan Last Line: That hour to her spirit were given. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology CHRIST AS A GARDENER, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: The boxwoods planted in the park spelled live Subject(s): Christianity; Gardens & Gardening; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology CHRIST IN BONDS, by LAURANCE J. NICOLSON Poem Text First Line: He came, and yet his own receiv'd him not!' Last Line: "christ jesus reigns!" Alternate Author Name(s): Bard Of Thule Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology CHRIST LOVE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Greater love hath no man than this Last Line: Christ died for his enemies, not his friends. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Theology CHRIST'S KINGDOM AMONG THE GENTILES, by ISAAC WATTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Last Line: Their early blessings on his name. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology CHRIST'S PASSION, TAKEN OUT OF A GREEK ODE, by BEN MASTERS Poem Text First Line: Enough, my muse, of earthly things Last Line: That he will still require some waters to his blood. Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology CHRIST, THE MAN, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: Lord, I say nothing; I profess Last Line: Gives its best time and thought. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology CHRISTIANITY AND WAR, by ERNEST HOWARD CROSBY Poem Text First Line: Talk, if you will, of hero deed Last Line: Of war-like followers of jesus. Subject(s): Christianity; Evil; Good; Hypocrisy; Jesus Christ; Religion; War; Theology CHRISTMAS, by JOHN BETJEMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The bells of waiting advent ring Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology CHRISTMAS DAY (WITH MUSIC), by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hark! The herald angels sing Subject(s): Christmas; Christmas Carols; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology CHRISTMAS EVE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh sharp diamond, my mother Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology CHRISTMAS TODAY, by ANDERSON M. SCRUGGS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How can they honor him - the humble lad Last Line: With deathless words—would kneel again and weep. Variant Title(s): Christmas 1930 Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology CHRISTUS CONSOLATOR, by ROSSITER WORTHINGTON RAYMOND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beside the dead I knelt for prayer Last Line: "he smiled: ""abide in me." Subject(s): Consolation; Death; Immortality; Jesus Christ; Religion; Dead, The; Theology CHRISTUS NATUS EST, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In bethlehem / on christmas morn Last Line: Hosannah! Christus natus est Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology CHURCH AND STATE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here is fresh matter, poet, / matter for old age meet Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Government; Religion; Theology CHURCH GOING, by PHILIP LARKIN Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once I am sure there's nothing going on Subject(s): Churches; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology CIGARETTES AND WHISKEY AND WILD, WILD WOMEN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Perhaps I was born kneeling Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology CLOSER TO THEE, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Closer, closer would I be Last Line: Blessed jesus, let me be! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Sin; Theology CLOSING GESTURE, by JOHN BROOKS WHEELWRIGHT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The spheres are weary of the ether wind Last Line: Forever changeless against a changing sky. Subject(s): Faith; God; Prayer; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology CLOSING THE DOORS, by IRENE PETTIT MCKEEHAN Poem Text First Line: I have closed the door on doubt Last Line: And the breeze of the world blowing through. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology CLOTHES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Put on a clean shirt Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology COCK, by ALBERT GOLDBARTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A month before his dinner with the visiting spanish lawyer, Subject(s): Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Religion; Fathers & Sons; Lesbians; Theology COLD IRON, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gold is for the mistress - silver for the maid Last Line: Iron, out of calvary, is master of men all!' Subject(s): Religion; Theology COLONEL, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: My father lifts the crippled airman's body Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology COME NOT, O LORD!, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come not, o lord! In the dread robe of splendour Last Line: Oh! Turn upon us the mild light of thy love! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology COME UNTO ME, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Come unto me, all you heavily burdened ones! Last Line: And you shall find rest for your souls! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology COMFORT, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Speak low to me, my saviour, low and sweet Last Line: He sleeps the faster that he wept before. Subject(s): Consolation; Religion; Theology COMMONPLACES, by SARAH CHAUNCEY WOOLSEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A commonplace life,' we say, and we sigh Last Line: Of our commonplace lives makes his beautiful whole. Alternate Author Name(s): Coolidge, Susan Subject(s): Religion; Simplicity; Theology COMMUNION, by DOROTHY P. ALBAUGH Poem Text First Line: It may be that he sits so still Last Line: To books, can read a red squirrel's mind. Subject(s): Religion; Theology COMMUNION, by EDWARD DOWDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, I have knelt and tried to pray tonight Last Line: "and do with me according to thy word." Subject(s): Eucharist; Religion; Communion; Theology COMP. RELIGION, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It all begins with fear of mana Last Line: Of mana as they ever were Subject(s): Religion; Theology COMPENSATION, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Crooked and dwarfed the tree must stay Last Line: And love looks into heaven through tears. Subject(s): Religion; Theology COMPENSATION, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'd like to think when life is done Last Line: My debt to god for life divine. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Variant Title(s): When Life Is Done Subject(s): Religion; Theology COMPLAINING, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do not beguile my heart Last Line: That I may climbe and finde relief. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology COMPOSED IN ONE OF THE VALLEYS OF WESTMORELAND ON EASTER SUNDAY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With each recurrence of this glorious morn Last Line: And benefits were weighed in reason's scales! Subject(s): Bible; Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology CONSCIENCE, by CHARLES WILLIAM STUBBS Poem Text First Line: I sat alone with my conscience Last Line: Will be judgment enough for me. Subject(s): Religion; Theology CONSCIENCE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am that tamerlane Last Line: His sole vicegerent crowned. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology CONSCIENCE AND REMORSE, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Goodbye,' I said to my conscience Last Line: "remorse sits in my place." Subject(s): Conscience; Religion; Theology CONSIDER, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: You have considered the lilies of the field Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology CONSIDER, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Consider / the lilies of the field whose bloom is brief Last Line: To do us good. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology CONSOLATION, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No god is left us to adore Last Line: Omnipotent as ever. Subject(s): Agnosticism; Faith; God; Love; Religion; Religion - Disestablishment; Belief; Creed; Theology CONTEMPLATIONS, by ANNE BRADSTREET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some time now past in [or, is] the autumnal tide Last Line: Shall last and shine when all of these are gone. Subject(s): Children; Home; Marriage; Puritans; Religion; Sickness; Childhood; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology; Illness CONTRABAND, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The tree of knowledge was the tree of reason Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology CONVERSION, by R. G. RUSTE Poem Text First Line: It happened in the cold and starlit dawn Last Line: I know the cause shall stand, though I may fall. Subject(s): Conversion; Faith; God; Religion; Self; Belief; Creed; Theology CORN LAW RHYMES, SELECTION, by EBENEZER ELLIOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When wilt thou save the people? Last Line: God, save the people! Alternate Author Name(s): Corn-law Rhymer; Elliot, Ebenezer Subject(s): Freedom; Religion; Liberty; Theology COUNT THAT DAY LOST, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If you sit down at set of sun Last Line: Then count that day as worse than lost. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Variant Title(s): At The Set Of Sun Subject(s): Religion; Theology COURAGE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is in the small things we see it Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology CREATION, by LAWRENCE R. KAHN Poem Text First Line: God gave sod to the man Last Line: Created love. Subject(s): Creation; God; Religion; Theology CREDO, by ROBERT CREELEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Creo que si ... I believe Subject(s): Religion; Theology CREDO, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not what, what whom, I do believe! Last Line: But whom! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology CREDO, by CORAL MORGAN Poem Text First Line: I know my people. Looking from afar Last Line: And I shall bid my kinsmen enter in. Subject(s): Houses; Religion; Theology CREED AND DEED, by ROBERT LOVEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What care I for caste or creed? Last Line: One god and one humanity. Subject(s): Brotherhood; Christianity; Religion; Theology CREEDS, by WILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE Poem Text First Line: The creed thy father built, wherein his soul Last Line: So broad that all mankind may feast with thee. Subject(s): Religion; Theology CREEDS, by WILLARD WATTLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How pitiful are little folk Last Line: Denominational. Subject(s): Religion; Theology CRIMSON TREE, by ELIZABETH MAXWELL PHELPS Poem Text First Line: This is not just a tree, red-gold Last Line: Hosannah and amen in me! Subject(s): Religion; Trees; Theology CRIPPLES AND OTHER STORIES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My doctor, the comedian Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology CROSSING THE ATLANTIC, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We sail out of season into an oyster-gray wind Subject(s): Atlantic Ocean; God; Religion; Sea; Sea Voyages; Theology; Ocean CROSSING THE BAR, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Sunset and evening star Last Line: When I have crossed the bar. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Bible; Death; Evening; Immortality; Religion; Sea; Dead, The; Sunset; Twilight; Theology; Ocean CRUCIFIXION: MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the hot dark they dug a hole Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology CRUSHED FENDER, by ROSA ZAGNONI MARINONI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It happened in milan one summer night Last Line: My face averted to conceal my shame. Subject(s): Automobile Accidents; Religion; Theology CRYSTAL HIGHWAY, by ALICE HANSCHE SORENSON Poem Text First Line: The storm has spent its fury Last Line: From the finger tips of god! Subject(s): God; Knees; Prayer; Religion; Theology CRYSTAL PALACE, by JOHN FREEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Morning by morning I look up at the twin / towers Last Line: If I but clapped my hands. Subject(s): Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology DANUBE AND THE EUXINE, by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Danube, danube! Wherefore com'st thou Last Line: I am christian stream no more!' Alternate Author Name(s): Bon Gaultier (with Theodore Martin) Subject(s): Danube (river); Religion; Theology DARKNESS AND LIGHT, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: There is darkness still, gross darkness, lord Last Line: And one high consecration. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Variant Title(s): Spread The Light Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology DAT GAL O' MINE, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Skin as black an' jes as sof' as a velvet dress Last Line: O' mine. Subject(s): African Americans - Women; Love; Religion; Sabbath; Theology; Sunday DAVID AND BATHSHUA: THE WITCH'S RUNE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Dread not the trumpets of the wind Last Line: For love is of life the master-chord! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology DE PROFUNDIS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Out of the depths Last Line: Thy charity. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology DE PROFUNDIS, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! Days so dark with death's eclipse! Last Line: And the dead he watcheth best. Subject(s): Religion; Theology DEAD CHRIST, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: There seems no reason he should've died. His hands Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology DEAF AND DUMB; A GROUP BY WOOLNER, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only the prism's obstruction shows aright Last Line: As favored mouth could never, through the eyes. Subject(s): Religion; Woolner, Thomas (1825-1892); Theology DEATH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I am a stranger in the land Last Line: I have no friend save god! Subject(s): Death;religion; "dead, The;theology; DEATH, by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why be afraid of death, as though your life were breath? Last Line: And work, nor care to rest, and find the last the best. Variant Title(s): Emancipation Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology DEATH, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES Poem Text First Line: I am the key that parts the gates of fame Last Line: The waking from a dream that man calls—life. Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology DEATH, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This starry world, and I in it Last Line: As it is now, at this moment. Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology DEATH (1), by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis a sad land, that in one day Last Line: Tis last good-night, our sun shall never set. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology DEATH AND RESURRECTION, by GEORGE CROLY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Earth to earth, and dust to dust! Last Line: "earth to earth, and dust to dust!" Variant Title(s): A Dirge Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology DEATH'S VALLEY, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nay, do not dream, designer dark Last Line: Sweet, peaceful, welcome death. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Inness, George (1825-1894); Paintings & Painters; Religion; Theology DEBTOR AND CREDITOR AM I, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: All who have lived and gone Last Line: And therewith -- life's eternity. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology DEMON, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I mentioned my demon to a friend Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology DESERTS, by ANN HAMILTON (1902-) Poem Text First Line: A desert does not have to be Last Line: When faith is gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Anna E.; Hamilton, A. E.; Hamilton, Anne E. Subject(s): Deserts; Faith; Food & Eating; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology DESIRE, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The desire of love, joy Last Line: The desire of god . . . A flame-white secret for ever. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Desire; Religion; Science; Theology; Scientists DESOLATION, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A gracious spirit sings as it comes Last Line: Out by root and crown Subject(s): Religion; Theology DESPAIR, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who is he? / a railroad track toward hell Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology DESPISED AND REJECTED, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My sun has set, I dwell Last Line: The mark of blood for evermore. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology DEUS ABSCONDITUS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My god has did himself from me Last Line: These shadows in the vale below. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology DIES IRAE, by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On that great, that awful day Last Line: Oh, who shall look on thee and live? Alternate Author Name(s): Macaulay, 1st Baron Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology DIES IRAE, by THOMAS OF CELANO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Day of vengeance, without morrow! Last Line: Save him, god! From condemnation! Variant Title(s): The Day Of Judgment Subject(s): Consolation; Judgment Day; Religion; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology DIES IRAE - DIES PACIS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Only through me!'...The clear, high call comes pealing Last Line: "christ by his own was crucified again?" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology DISCOVERY, by CATHERINE PARMENTER NEWELL Poem Text First Line: I am tired of city sounds Last Line: In streets of questing faces! Subject(s): Religion; Theology DISGUISES, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: High stretched upon the swinging yard Last Line: I looked, and it was he! Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Religion; Theology DIVINE COMPASSION, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Long since, a dream of heaven I had Last Line: A heart that still can feel, and eyes that still can weep. Subject(s): Compassion; Pity; Religion; Theology DIVINE LOVE, by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Love divine, all love excelling Last Line: Lost in wonder, love, and praise! Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology DIVINE LOVE; THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC OF TRUE RELIGION, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Religion's meaning when I would recal Last Line: A heav'n within, in other words, above. Subject(s): Love; Religion; Religious Education; Theology; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial Schools DIVINE POEMS: A DITHYRAMB, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Still creeping, still degenerous soul Last Line: And make hosannas of the former crucify! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology DIVINE POEMS: AN EPITAPH, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When that my days are spent, nor do I know Last Line: Cannot from ashes flowers renew. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Epitaphs; Religion; Theology DIVINE POEMS: ANTEROS, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Frown on me, shades! And let not day Last Line: In my celestial diadem. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology DIVINE POEMS: ON AN HOUR-GLASS, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My life is measur'd by this glass, this glass Last Line: How art thou nothing, when th' art most of all! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Hourglasses; Love; Religion; Time; Theology DIVINE POEMS: SELF, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Traitor self, why do I try Last Line: As its own ruin shows? Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Religion; Self; Theology DIVINE POEMS: THE ERMINE, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The ermine rather chose to die Last Line: By a secure contemning it. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology DIVINE POEMS: THE LORD COMETH WITH TEN THOUSAND OF HIS SAINTS, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I hear and tremble! Lord, what shall I do Last Line: Come, come, my lambs, to joy! Come, come away! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology DIVINE POEMS: WHAT PROFITETH A MAN OF ALL HIS LABOUR ..., by JOHN HALL (1627-1656) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Even as the wandering traveller doth stray Last Line: Of sceptets, till that waking undeceive. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology DIVORCE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have killed our lives together Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology DIXIT INSIPIENS, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At first, it was only a trickle Last Line: If only disbelief was more like faith. Subject(s): Atheism; Religion; Science; Spirituality; Women; Women's Rights; Theology; Scientists; Feminism DOCTORS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They work with herbs Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology DOMESDAY BOOK: DR. BURKE, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You've heard of potters' wheels and potters' hands Last Line: This story to the coroner. Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Life; Physicians; Religion; Dead, The; Nightmares; Doctors; Theology DOMESDAY BOOK: LILLI ALM, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In lola schaefer's studio in the tower Last Line: Is lodged in father whimsett's heart or words. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Confessions; Religion; Soul; Theology DOMESDAY BOOK: WILL PAGET ON DEMOS AND HOGOS, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To coroner merival, greetings, but a voice Last Line: To entertain his jury, in these words: Subject(s): Life; Nations; Religion; Soul; Theology DOORS, DOORS, DOORS: 1. OLD MAN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old man, it's four flights up and for what Subject(s): Old Age; Theology DOORS, DOORS, DOORS: 2. SEAMSTRESS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm at pains to know what else I could have done Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Theology DOORS, DOORS, DOORS: 3. YOUNG GIRL, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear love, as simple as some distant call Subject(s): Family Life; Love; Theology DOST THOU DENY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Dost thou deny the virgin birth? Last Line: When thou shalt face christ's judgment seat. Subject(s): Devil; Judgment Day; Religion; Sin; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology DOVER BEACH, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sea is calm to-night Last Line: Where ignorant armies clash by night. Subject(s): Desire; Doubt; Dover, England; England; Faith; Love; Love - Marital; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Sea; Seashore; Social Protest; Time; War; Skepticism; English; Belief; Creed; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Theology; Ocean; Beach; Coast; Shore DREAM FANTASY, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a land of dream Last Line: Lie hush'd the valleys of dream? Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Death; Dreams; Future Life; Moon; Religion; Sleep; Dead, The; Nightmares; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology DREAMING THE BREASTS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother, / strange goddess face Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology DREAMS OLD AND NASCENT: NASCENT, by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My world is a painted memory, where coloured shapes Last Line: Then to fall back exhausted into the unconscious, molten life! Alternate Author Name(s): Lawrence, D. H. Subject(s): Religion; Theology DRIVING INTO LARAMIE, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out here sheer force of sky bearing down Last Line: That god is impressed above all by defiance Subject(s): Death; Driving & Drivers; Oregon; Religion; Dead, The; Theology DRYAD SONG, by SARAH MARGARET FULLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am immortal! I know it! I feel it! Last Line: Me from the spirit of life! Alternate Author Name(s): Fuller, Margaret; Ossoli, Marchioness; Ossoli, Margaret Fuller Subject(s): Religion; Theology DUM VIVIMUS, VIVAMUS, by PHILIP DODDRIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Live while you live!' the epicure would say Last Line: I live in pleasure while I live to thee. Variant Title(s): The Christian Life Subject(s): Religion; Theology DUTY, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sweetest lives are those to duty wed Last Line: Of service which thou renderest. Variant Title(s): Reward Of Service Subject(s): Duty; Religion; Theology DUTY, by ELLEN STURGIS HOOPER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I slept and dreamed that life was beauty Last Line: A noonday light and truth to thee. Variant Title(s): Beauty And Duty Subject(s): Duty; Religion; Theology E TENEBRIS [FROM THE SHADOWS], by OSCAR WILDE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Come down, o christ, and help me! Reach thy hand Last Line: The wounded hands, the weary human face. Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology EACH IN HIS OWN TONGUE, by WILLIAM HERBERT CARRUTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A fire-mist and a planet Last Line: And others call it god. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology EARLY DEATH, by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She pass'd away like morning dew Last Line: But holy death is kinder? Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology EARTH IS ENOUGH, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We men of earth have here the stuff Last Line: To build eternity in time! Subject(s): Religion; Theology EARTH'S ANSWER, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Earth rais'd up her head / from the darkness dread and drear Last Line: "that free love with bondage bound." Subject(s): Bible; Earth; Mythology; Religion; World; Theology EARTH'S BATTLE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Fight well, encased in christ's armor Last Line: No matter what else betide. Subject(s): Bible; Fights; Religion; Religious Discrimination; Victory; Theology; Religious Conflict EARTH'S COMMON THINGS, by MINOT JUDSON SAVAGE Poem Text First Line: Seek not afar for beauty. Lo! It glows Last Line: While grass and flowers and stars spell out his name. Variant Title(s): In Common Things Subject(s): Beauty; Religion; Theology EARTH'S TRIBUTE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: First the grain, and then the blade Last Line: To render god the things of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Earth; Religion; World; Theology EARTHWORM, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Slim inquirer, while the old fathers sleep Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology EASTER, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Was there not one, when in the upper room Last Line: Even as around them fell the greeting, 'peace'? Subject(s): Catholics - United States; Easter; Holidays; Peace; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER 1984, by LES A. MURRAY Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: When we saw human dignity / healing humans in the middle of the day Alternate Author Name(s): Murray, Leslie Allan Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER DAY, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Christ the lord is risen today Last Line: Hail him lord this easter day! Subject(s): Catholics; Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Resurrection, The; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER HYMN, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Death and darkness, get you packing Last Line: From this, unto the last of days. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Consolation; Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER HYMN, by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Christ the lord is risen to-day Last Line: Thus to sing, and thus to love! Variant Title(s): Easter Day;he Is Risen;the Lord Is Risen;for Easter-day Subject(s): Easter; Faith; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed; Theology EASTER MORNING, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun arises from the sea Last Line: For ever and for ever. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Morning; Nature; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER SUNDAY, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While I was in the middle of the night Last Line: And lift men up Subject(s): Easter; God; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; The Resurrection; Theology EASTER WINGS, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store Last Line: Affliction shall advance the flight in me. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Easter; God; Holidays; Religion; Wings; The Resurrection; Theology EASTERTIDE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Come wrap the crocus in his winding-sheet Last Line: Hosanna in the heights!' Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology EATING THE LEFTOVERS: DIVORCE, THY NAME IS WOMAN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am divorcing daddy - dybbuk! Dybbuk Subject(s): Divorce; God; Religion; Theology EATING THE LEFTOVERS: THE CONSECRATING MOTHER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I stand before the sea Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ECCE HOMO, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Christ bends, protects his groin. Thorns gouge Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology ECCLESIASTES, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days Last Line: Return unto god who gave it. Subject(s): Creation; God; Religion; Theology ECCLESIASTES, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We came from church, she from the down Last Line: The way into my heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ECCLESIASTES, by DEREK MAHON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God, you could grow to love it, god-fearing, god Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 2: 37. ENGLISH REFORMERS EXILE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Scattering, like birds escaped the fowler's net Last Line: The peace of god within his single breast! Subject(s): Religion; Theology ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 10. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ungrateful country, if thou e'er forget Last Line: And, if dissevered thence, its course is short. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ECHOES: 35. MARGARITAE SORORI, by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A late lark twitters from the quiet skies Last Line: The sundown splendid and serene, death. Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E. Variant Title(s): The Happy Passing;i. M. Margaritae Sororis;so Be My Passing;some Late Lark Singing;in Memoriam Margaritae Sororis;margaritae Sorori Subject(s): Death; Immortality; Religion; Dead, The; Theology EDEN, by THOMAS TRAHERNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A learned and a happy ignorance Last Line: The glorious wonders of the deity. Subject(s): Bible; God; Religion; Simplicity; Theology EDUCATION, by VIRGINIA WOODS MACKALL Poem Text First Line: God is good, and teaches me Last Line: For not trusting him too much. Subject(s): Education; God; Religion; Theology EL MAHDI TO THE TRIBES OF THE SOUDAN, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have heard the voice of the lord Last Line: Shall rule in the earth alone! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): God; Islam; Muhammad Ahmad (1844-1885); Religion; Sudan; War; Al-mahdi; Muhammad Ahmad Ibn As-sayyid 'abd Allah; Theology ELEGY IN THE CLASSROOM, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the thin classroom, where your face Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DR. CHANNING, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I do not come to weep above thy pall Last Line: For us weep rather thou in calm divine! Subject(s): Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842); Religion; Theology ELIZABETH GONE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You lay in the nest of your real death Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology EMBLEM: 3, by FRANCIS QUARLES Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ev'n like two little bank-dividing brooks Last Line: To thr gates of hell; triumphed, and fetched a crown. Variant Title(s): Canticle;the Loved And The Beloved;a Mystical Ecstasy;my Beloved Is Mine And I Am His Subject(s): Love; Religion; Theology EMPTY, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, little house of pleasant dreams Last Line: Whose dreams are flown. Subject(s): Religion; Theology EN-SOF, by CARROLL RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I number up my jewels, spread them all before your / gaze Last Line: God alone gives understanding—his love alone is light. Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll Subject(s): Freedom; God; Religion; Wisdom; Liberty; Theology ENCOURAGED, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Because you love me I have much achieved Last Line: I could not disappoint you and so prevailed. Subject(s): Religion; Theology END, MIDDLE, BEGINNING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was an unwanted child Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ENIGMA OF THE STIGMA, OR VICE VERSA, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm drawn to the ineffable, yet cathedrals leave me empty Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Religion; Spirituality; Male-female Relations; Theology ENOCH ARDEN, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Long lines of cliff breaking have left a chasm Last Line: Had seldom seen a costlier funeral. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Friendship; Love; Religion; Theology ENOUGH, by CHARLES GRANGER BLANDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The grass creeps everywhere Last Line: Is in our cup. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ENVOI, by JOHN GNEISENAU NEIHARDT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, seek me not within a tomb Last Line: Is prayer! Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology EPILOGUE TO DRAMATIS PERSONAE, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the first of the feast of feasts Last Line: Become my universe that feels and knows! Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology EPIPHANY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Reason, have done Last Line: Is prelude to the perfect light. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology EPISTEMOLOGY, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Kick at the rock, sam johnson, break your bones Subject(s): Religion; Theology EPISTLE TO JAMES MOMTAGUE, LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Although you have out of your proper store Last Line: Than when they are esteemed and loved best? Subject(s): Hearts; Mankind; Montague, James (1568-1618); Religion; Sickness; Human Race; Theology; Illness EPITAPH, by ELEANOR WILNER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Young then Last Line: Tongue; these painted eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilner, Eleanor Rand Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology EPITAPH ON A FRIEND, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An honest man here lies at rest Last Line: If there is none, he made the best of this. Variant Title(s): On A Friend;epitaph On My Own Friend And My Father's Friend, William M. Subject(s): Religion; Theology EPITAPH ON A LADY, WHO HAD LABOURED UNDER A CANCER, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stranger, these dear remains contain'd a mind Last Line: His debt to worth, to excellence, and you! Subject(s): Cancer (disease); Death; God; Religion; Women; Dead, The; Theology EPITAPH ON MY FATHER, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O ye, whose cheek the tear of pity stains Last Line: For ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side. Subject(s): Epitaphs; Fathers; Life Change Events; Religion; Theology EPITAPH: FOR A LADY I KNOW, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She thinks that even up in heaven Last Line: To do celestial chores. Subject(s): African Americans; Religion; Social Classes; Negroes; American Blacks; Theology; Caste EPITAPH: FOR A MOUTHY WOMAN, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God and the devil still are wrangling Last Line: Satan has enough in hell Variant Title(s): For A Mouthy Woman Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: HINDU SEPOY IN FRANCE, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This man in his own country prayed we know not to what powers Last Line: We pray them to reward him for his bravery in ours. Subject(s): Courage; Hinduism; Prayer; Religion; World War I; Valor; Bravery; Theology; First World War ESSAY: SEVEN ASPECTS OF MILKING TIME, by ELENI SIKELIANOS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had it in my mind to move Last Line: & end up in the gutter Subject(s): Essays; Religion; Theology ESTEEMING THE BIBLE, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This holy book I'd rather own Last Line: Their tears shall cease to flow. Subject(s): Bible; Books; Jews; Religion; Reading; Judaism; Theology EVANGEL, by CLARENCE MONTEITH WORKMAN Poem Text First Line: To me the meanest flower that breaks Last Line: That makes him mine. Subject(s): Religion; Theology EVE, by RALPH HODGSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Eve, with her basket, was Last Line: "eva!"" again." Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Religion; Eve; Theology EVE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While I sit at the door, / sick to gaze within Last Line: His tongue out with its fork. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Animals; Bible; Religion; Eve; Theology EVEN THIS SHALL PASS AWAY, by THEODORE TILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once in persia reigned a king Last Line: "even this shall pass away." Variant Title(s): All Things Shall Pass Away;the King's Ring Subject(s): Religion; Theology EVENING, by GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Softly now the light of day Last Line: Jesus, look with pitying eye. Variant Title(s): Evening Hymn;evening Contemplation Subject(s): Evening; Religion; Sunset; Twilight; Theology EVENING HYMN, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The shadows of the evening hours Last Line: O give us now repose! Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Evening; Grief; Religion; Sunset; Twilight; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology EVERLASTING LOVE, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God's everlasting love! What wouldst thou more Last Line: "sings on: -- ""god's everlasting love! What wouldst thou more?" Subject(s): God; Kindness; Love; Religion; Theology EVERY-MAN; A MORALITY, by THOMAS HAWKINS Poem Text First Line: I perceive here in my majesty Last Line: Amen, say ye, for saint charity. Subject(s): Religion; Theology EVERYWOMAN HER OWN THEOLOGY, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am nailing them up to the cathedral door Last Line: My paper will tell this being where to find me Subject(s): Religion; Women; Theology EX NIHILO, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out of nothing we are made Last Line: The incarnation that we live. Subject(s): Life; Religion; Tears; Theology EXILE, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In sorrow and in nakedness of soul Last Line: "but has a heavenly birth." Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Religion; Theology EXODUS, by GEORGE OPPEN Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Miracle of the children the brilliant Subject(s): Bible; Fathers & Daughters; Religion; Theology EXPECTANS EXPECTAVI, by CHARLES HAMILTON SORLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From morn to midnight, all day through Last Line: To thy great service dedicate. Subject(s): Religion; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; Theology; First World War FABLE: THE MOUNTAIN AND THE SQUIRREL, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The mountain and the squirrel / had a quarrel Last Line: Neither can you crack a nut.' Subject(s): Mountains; Religion; Squirrels; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Theology FACE TO FACE WITH REALITY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: What did you see out there, my lad Last Line: And we thank him for his grace. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Death; Reality; Religion; Dead, The; Theology FACES, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: There are two pictures hanging on my wall Last Line: And mary maiden gray the mother of me! Subject(s): Creative Ability; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Religion; Women; Women In The Bible; Inspiration; Creativity; Virgin Mary; Theology FAILURES, by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They bear no laurels on their sunless brows Last Line: Wound his one signal, and went on his way. Subject(s): Religion; Theology FAITH, by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is no unbelief Last Line: God knowth why. Alternate Author Name(s): Bulwer, Edward; Lytton Of Knebworth, 1st Baron; Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer, Lord Subject(s): Religion; Theology FAITH, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Lord, give me faith! - to live from day to day Last Line: The veil thy love has hung 'twixt it and me. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sound, sound forever, ye clarions of thought Last Line: Monologue later used by joyce in ulysses. Variant Title(s): The Trumpets Of The Mind Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Prayer; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Be like the little bird Last Line: All conscious of his wings. Variant Title(s): The Trumpets Of The Mind Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Prayer; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sea was breaking at my feet Last Line: "there is! There is!"" replied." Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Sea; Belief; Creed; Theology; Ocean FAITH, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Here where the loves of others close Last Line: Shine jewelled like the seraphim. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Sin; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by GEORGE SANTAYANA Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O world, thou choosest not the better part Last Line: Unto the thinking of the thought divine. Variant Title(s): The Light Of Faith;sonnet: 3 Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Soldiers; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In every seed to breathe the flower Last Line: Of loveliness unseen. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I will not doubt, though all my ships at sea Last Line: With my last breath. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAITH AND HOPE, by ROBERT GRANT (1785-1838) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When gathering clouds around I view Last Line: And wipe the latest tear away. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FAITH HEALING, by PHILIP LARKIN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Slowly the women file to where he stands Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology FAITH'S PRAYER, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Great jehovah, jesus, saviour Last Line: Thou wilt keep until that day. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology FAR DISTANCES, by HENRY WILLIAM CLARK Poem Text First Line: O wide and shining, miles on miles Last Line: With his own greatness blended? Subject(s): Religion; Theology FATHER, THY WILL BE DONE, by SARAH FLOWER ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower Last Line: Father, thy will, not mine, be done! Alternate Author Name(s): Adams, Sarah Fuller Variant Title(s): Thy Will Be Done! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FATHERHOOD, by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN Poem Text First Line: He wore his fatherhood with awe Last Line: The fatherhood of god. Subject(s): Fathers; God; Religion; Theology FAUST, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ye wavering shapes, again ye do me enfold Last Line: Ground.) Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Faust; Freedom; Religion; Tragedy; Villains In Literature; Witchcraft & Witches; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Liberty; Theology FAUST, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The sun his ancient music makes Last Line: Curtain. Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Faust; Freedom; Religion; Tragedy; Villains In Literature; Witchcraft & Witches; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Liberty; Theology FAUSTUS AND I, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I went to the opera and god was not there Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION, by ABRAM JOSEPH RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dark! Dark! Dark! Last Line: Is heard to-night. Subject(s): Assumption, The (theology) FEBRUARY 11TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The day is favorable for real-estate affairs Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FEBRUARY 17TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Take nothing for granted Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FEBRUARY 20TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Concentration should be easier Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FEBRUARY 4TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The day is good for attempts to advance a secret hope or dream Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FIDELIA ARGUING WITH HER SELF ON THE DIFFICULTY FINDING TRUE RELIGION, by JANE BARKER Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: Oh wretched world, but wretched above all Last Line: In pennance my baptismal vows renew. Subject(s): Churches; Life; Love; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology FINGERS OF GOD, by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN Poem Text First Line: At sunset, the lord of the sky Last Line: I had been touched by god's fingers. Subject(s): God; Heaven; Religion; Shintoism; Sky; Paradise; Theology FIRE AND ST. FRANCIS, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: As he sat eating by the fire one night Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 11, by THOMAS CAMPION Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore Last Line: O come quickly, glorious lord, and raise my sprite to thee! Subject(s): Catholics; Heaven; Prayer; Religion; Worship; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Paradise; Theology FISHERS OF MEN, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The boats are out, and the storm is high Last Line: Till the nets, o'ercharged, shall break. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Galilee, Palestine; Religion; Sea; Stars; Theology; Ocean FLEE ON YOUR DONKEY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because there was no other place Subject(s): God; Insanity; Religion; Madness; Mental Illness; Theology FLICKERING MIND, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, not you, / it is I who am absent Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Spiritual Life; Women & Religion; Theology FLIGHT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thinking that I would find you Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FLIGHTING WINGS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The mother eagle wrecks the nest Last Line: To bear our souls all ills above. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology FLOWERS AND MUSIC IN A ROOM OF SICKNESS, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hush! Lightly tread! Still tranquilly she sleeps Last Line: Conqueror! Thou son of god! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Flowers; Religion; Sickness; Theology; Illness FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Prune thou my words, the thoughts control Last Line: Which bloom their hour, and fade. Subject(s): Religion; Service; Theology FLUCTUATIONS, by ANNE BRONTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What though the sun had left my sky Last Line: Restore my fainting heart! Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton Subject(s): Religion; Theology FOLLOW ME!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Lord, I would follow, but Last Line: He must be christ's and christ's alone. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology FOOLING GOD, by LOUISE ERDRICH Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: I must become small and hide where he cannot reach Alternate Author Name(s): Erdrich, Lise Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology FOR A MATERIALIST, by ADELAIDE WARREN PETERSON LOVE Poem Text First Line: I know your barren belief - that a rose will grow Last Line: Envisage a sweet-scented waft as its trivial goal? Subject(s): Materialism; Religion; Theology FOR AN AUTOGRAPH, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though old the thought and oft exprest Last Line: And scrawl, as I do here, a name. Subject(s): Autographs; Life; Religion; Theology FOR AN HOUR, by WINFRED ERNEST GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I may not keep the heights I gain Last Line: I gained the heights I could not keep. Subject(s): Religion; Time; Theology FOR DAUGHTERS OF MAGDALEN, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ours is the ancient story Last Line: That would not toil or spin Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology FOR ELEANOR AND BILL MONAHAN, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother of god! Our lady Last Line: And love them for it Subject(s): Religion; Theology FOR ELEANOR BOYLAN TALKING WITH GOD, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God has a brown voice Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FOR GOD WHILE SLEEPING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sleeping in fever, I am unfit Subject(s): Illness; Theology FOR JOHN, WHO BEGS ME NOT TO ENQUIRE FURTHER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not that it was beautiful Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FOR JOHNNY POLE ON THE FORGOTTEN BEACH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In his tenth july some instinct Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FOR THE 'MOUCHE', by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I had a dream. It was a summer's night Last Line: And I awoke at last in desperation. Subject(s): Dreams; Magic; Mythology; Religion; Statues; Nightmares; Theology FOR THE BAPTIST, by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The last and greatest herald of heaven's king Last Line: Repent!' Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, William Variant Title(s): Saint John Baptist;sonnet: Repent, Repent!;the Baptist's Sonnet Subject(s): Bible; John The Baptist, Saint (1st Century); Religion; Theology FOR THE MEN AT THE FRONT, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Lord god of hosts, whose mighty hand Last Line: Thy peace on earth till time shall end! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; War; Theology FOR THE OLD GNOSTICS, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The fathers put their trust in the end of the world Subject(s): Religion; Theology FOR THE OPENING OF THE WILLIAM DINSMORE BRIGGS ROOM, by YVOR WINTERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because our being grows in mind Last Line: Which hell itself cannot unlock Subject(s): Religion; Theology FOR THE YEAR OF THE INSANE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O mary, fragile mother Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FOR THIS WORLD, by WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O god, we thank thee for this universe, our great Last Line: Glory of god. Variant Title(s): Fellowship With All;for This Universe Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology FORGIVENESS, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Must I forgive till seven times seven?' Last Line: And mightier is his quest! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Forgiveness; Religion; Clemency; Theology FOUND WANTING, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Belshazzar had a letter Last Line: On revelation's wall. Subject(s): Bible; Conscience; Religion; Theology FOUR EPISTLES: MIRACLE AT THE FEAST OF PENTECOST: 1, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our folks gone a visiting, reverend sir Last Line: Was all by one language,—as clear as the sun. Subject(s): Holy Ghost; Language; Miracles; Religion; Spiritual Life; Holy Spirit; Words; Vocabulary; Theology FOUR EPISTLES: MIRACLE AT THE FEAST OF PENTECOST: 2, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Many thanks have been order'd this day to attend Last Line: Excuse the presumption.—dear vicar, adieu! Subject(s): Apostles; Baptism; Bible; Language; Prayer; Religion; Spiritual Life; Disciples, Twelve; Christenings; Words; Vocabulary; Theology FOUR EPISTLES: MIRACLE AT THE FEAST OF PENTECOST: 3, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hope that the vicar will pardon the haste Last Line: How to clear up the matter.—what can a man say? Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Hebrew Literature; Religion; Disciples, Twelve; Theology FOUR EPISTLES: MIRACLE AT THE FEAST OF PENTECOST: 4, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have with attention, dear vicar, repass'd Last Line: And, speaking or silent, am yours to command, Subject(s): Bible; Hebrew Literature; Language Poetry; Religion; Theology FOUR THINGS [TO DO], by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Four things a man must learn to do Last Line: To trust in god and heaven securely. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology FRAGMENT, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is poetry? It is a mosaic Last Line: With storied meaning for religion's sake. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology FRAGMENT OF A RELIGIOUS POEM, by ROYALL TYLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: May he whose presence fills Last Line: Our savior, god. Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Religion; Theology FREE MEN OF GOD, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Free men of god, the new day breaks Last Line: We shall, we must, we will be -- free! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology FREEMEN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Let no man stand between my god and me! Last Line: "our sons and liberty!" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology FRENZY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am not lazy Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology FRIAR LAURENCE O'FARRELL: LONGFORD, 1651, by THOMAS WALSH Poem Text First Line: The van of ireton's troops at morning broke Last Line: By ireton gave it formal burial Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Clergy; Religion; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology FROM WAR, 1919, by ARTHUR FIELD Poem Text First Line: Honour is the bondage of a fool Last Line: Its virtue is, it must go underground. Subject(s): Hypocrisy; Night; Religion; Bedtime; Theology FRYING PAN'S THEOLOGY, by ANDREW BARTON PATERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Scene: on monaro Last Line: Tumble down snow!' Alternate Author Name(s): Paterson, 'banjo' Subject(s): Plays & Playwrights; Religion; Theology FULFILLMENT, by CHARLOTTE NEWTON Poem Text First Line: If we should find unfinished, incomplete Last Line: In our own lives, perchance, might go amiss. Subject(s): Religion; Theology FULLNESS, by THOMAS TRAHERNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That light, that sight, that thought Last Line: An oracle of his eternal love. Subject(s): Religion; Theology FULLNESS OF THE BIBLE, by H. J. BETTS Poem Text First Line: There is a lamp whose steady light Last Line: These healing leaves, this heavenly tree. Subject(s): Bible; God; Heaven; Jews; Religion; Paradise; Judaism; Theology FUNNEL, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The family story tells, and it was told true Subject(s): Family Life; Ancestors & Ancestry; Religion; Theology GADARA, A.D. 31, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Rabbi, begone thy powers Last Line: Until the latch be lifted from within. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology GALILEE SHORE, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With the blue-dark dome old-starred at night, green boat-lights Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology GARDEN, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O painter of the fruits and flowers Last Line: The beautiful is good. Variant Title(s): Hymn;laborers Together With God Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Religion; Theology GENESIS, by GEOFFREY HILL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Against the burly air I strode Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology GENESIS: A RETROSPECTIVE, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It began with division Subject(s): Creation; God; Religion; Spirituality; Theology GENIUS, by EDWARD LUCAS WHITE Poem Text First Line: He cried aloud to god: 'the men below' Last Line: "yet, till it is burned out, you must remain." Subject(s): Religion; Theology GERMAN AND FRENCH GOSPELS, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How do these eloquent lecturers of france Last Line: With atmospheres of philosophic breath! Subject(s): Religion; Theology GERMAN PRISONERS, by JOSEPH LEE Poem Text First Line: When first I saw you in the curious street Last Line: "and could have grasped your hand and cried, ""my brother!" Subject(s): Brotherhood; Prisoners Of War; Religion; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; Theology; First World War GIANT CIRCUMSTANCE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Though every nerve be strained Last Line: Do call it -- providence! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology GILEAD, by MARY BRENNAN CLAPP Poem Text First Line: The heart is cold that has not chilled Last Line: Have never seen the need to pray. Subject(s): Religion; Theology GLOUCESTER MOORS, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A mile behind is gloucester town Last Line: And nothing to say or do? Subject(s): Freedom; Gloucester, Massachusetts; Religion; Liberty; Theology GO DOWN DEATH; A FUNERAL SERMON, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Weep not, weep not Last Line: She's resting in the bosom of jesus. Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology GO, LET ME WEEP, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Go, let me weep! There's bliss in tears Last Line: But left no trace of sweets behind. Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD, by DUDLEY BROOKS Poem Text First Line: I know not my religion; do not care Last Line: My own god of the mountains and the sun. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOD, by GABRIEL ROMANOVITCH DERZHAVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O thou eternal one! Whose presence bright Last Line: The soul shall speak in tears of gratitude. Alternate Author Name(s): Derzhavin, Gavrila Romanovich; Dershavin, Gavriil Romanovich Variant Title(s): Ode To The Deity Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOD, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ten thousand worlds his face behold Last Line: And as the father, so the child. Subject(s): Fathers; God; Religion; Theology GOD, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: God is spirit Last Line: God is spirit ... Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I see thee in the distant blue Last Line: Behold, I breathe and touch thee too. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOD AND MAN AND FLOWER, by DAVID WAGONER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But, my dear lord, now that it's in your hand Last Line: O find yourself in the hands of the living god Subject(s): Flowers; God; Mankind; Religion; Human Race; Theology GOD GIVE ME JOY, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: God give me joy in the common things Last Line: God give me joy in the common things! Subject(s): Religion; Simplicity; Theology GOD IN THE NATION'S LIFE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Putting god in the nation's life Last Line: And putting it there in a style to stay Subject(s): Religion;worship; Theology GOD IS EVERYWHERE, by ROBERT NICOLL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A trodden daisy, from the sward Last Line: Was everywhere! Subject(s): God; Theology GOD IS GOOD, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: I faced a future all unknown Last Line: Yes, truly! God is good. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD KEEP THEE, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O dark was the day when I left her alone Last Line: Protect by night and by day! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOD KEEP YOU, by MARY AINGE DE VERE Poem Text First Line: God keep you, dearest, all this lonely night Last Line: God keep you every time and everywhere. Alternate Author Name(s): Bridges, Madeline Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOD OF OUR FATHERS, by HENRY CHAPPELL Poem Text First Line: Lord in whose hand the mountains hide Last Line: God save our country and our king. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology GOD OF THE HUMAN HEART, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: God of the open air!' god of the human heart! Last Line: "thy footsteps make our dawn, ""god of the open air." Subject(s): God; Religion; Van Dyke, Henry (1852-1933); Theology GOD OF THE OPEN AIR: 7, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: These are the gifts I ask Last Line: On all the brightness of the common day. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD PRAYS, by ANGELA MORGAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Last night I tossed and could not sleep Last Line: I know at last 'tis god who prays. Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology GOD SEND EASTER, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And we will lace the Last Line: Glory in our skin Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology GOD THE ARCHITECT, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who thou art I know not Last Line: In the heart of man! Variant Title(s): God, The Architect Subject(s): Architecture & Architects; God; Religion; Theology GOD'S ACRE, by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN Poem Text First Line: God's acre wakes anew to poignant splendor Last Line: Triumphant proof of immortality. Subject(s): God; Religion; Worship; Theology GOD'S ALTAR, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is in all the sons of men Last Line: Thyself dost give forevermore Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD'S BACKSIDE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cold / like grandfather's icehouse Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOD'S DREAMS, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: Dreams are they - but they are god's dreams Last Line: God's dreams! Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD'S FRIENDLY HAND, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: One way there is - one only way Last Line: His strength will help you win your fight. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD'S FUNERAL, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a slowly-stepping train Last Line: Mechanically I followed with the rest. Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD'S GARDEN, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The years are flowers and bloom within Last Line: And make them rose-like in his name. Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; God; Religion; Theology GOD'S GRANDEUR, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The world is charged with the grandeur of god Last Line: World broods with warm breast and with ah! Bright wings. Subject(s): Christianity; Earth; Environment; Faith; God; Labor & Laborers; Men; Nature; Redemption; Religion; War; World; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Belief; Creed; Work; Workers; Theology GOD'S HANDWRITING, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: He writes in characters too grand Last Line: We shall see this -- his way was right. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD'S LOVE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: God is love: perfect love Last Line: And manna like dew. Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology GOD'S RESIDENCE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who has not found the heaven below Last Line: His furniture is love. Variant Title(s): Poem: 1544;poem: 1609 Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD'S SINGPOST, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: See there! - god's signpost, standing at the ways Last Line: Who follows fears not where the end will be. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD'S TO-MORROW, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The night is very black and grim Last Line: In search of god's to-morrow. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology GOD'S WAY, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy way, not mine, o lord! Last Line: My wisdom, and my all. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology GOD'S WAY, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our way had been to smooth her upward / road Last Line: God's way is best, and praise our god to-day. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOD'S WILL, by GRACE AVERILL HERRON Poem Text First Line: God came and took him away Last Line: Till the day comes when we must meet our god. Subject(s): Angels; God; Holy Ghost; Religion; Holy Spirit; Theology GOD'S WORLD AND MAN, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Beneath god's ever present sky Last Line: Marks life's beginning and its end. Subject(s): Bible; Creation; God; Life; Mankind; Religion; Human Race; Theology GODFATHER DEATH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hurry, godfather death Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GODS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mrs. Sexxton went out looking for the gods Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOING GONE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over stone walls and barns Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology GOOD COMPANY, by KARLE WILSON BAKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees Last Line: Lord, who am I that they should stoop -- these holy folk of thine? Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Charlotte Subject(s): Animals; Religion; Trees; Theology GOOD FRIDAY, by MARTHA PROVINE LEACH TURNER Poem Text First Line: There was no glory on the hills that day Last Line: Against a vacant sky. Subject(s): Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Religion; Theology GOOD FRIDAY -- 1917, by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY Poem Text First Line: The die is cast for war! Last Line: Amen! Amen! Alternate Author Name(s): Daly, T. A. Subject(s): Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Reconciliation; Religion; War; Theology GOOD FRIDAY, 1613. RIDING WESTWARD, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let man's soul be a sphere, and then, in this Last Line: That thou mayest know me, and I'll turn my face. Subject(s): Bible; Good Friday; Holidays; Holy Week; Religion; Theology GOOD-BYE, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home Last Line: When man in the bush with god may meet? Variant Title(s): Goodbye Subject(s): God; Home; Religion; Solitude; Theology; Loneliness GOOD-NIGHT, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Good-night. Good-night. Ah, good the night Last Line: Good-night. Subject(s): Farewell; Love - Loss Of; Night; Religion; Parting; Bedtime; Theology GOSHEN, by EDGAR FRANK Poem Text First Line: How can you live in goshen Last Line: For my companions. Subject(s): Goshen (bible); Religion; Theology GOSPEL VILLANELLE, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus will always be there. He's waiting. It's true.' Subject(s): Christianity; Jesus Christ; Public Worship; Religion; Church Attendance; Theology GRACE, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My stock lies dead, and no increase Last Line: Drop from above. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology GRACE, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear lord, bless my bread and meat Last Line: For guarding little boys. Amen. Subject(s): Boys; Children; Prayer; Religion; Childhood; Theology GRACE, by WILLIAM MEREDITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Growing older, I have tottered into the lists Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Morris Subject(s): Religion; Aging; Theology GRACE CHIMES, by MEREDITH NICHOLSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lead, kindly light,' I heard the glad bells ring Last Line: And thought how god existeth everywhere. Subject(s): God; Grace Church, New York City; Religion; Theology GRACE FOR GRACE, by MARK GUY PEARSE Poem Text First Line: Thy gifts without thy grace are lacking still Last Line: The grace to share with him in poorer plight. Subject(s): Grace; Religion; Theology GRAN'FAITHER AT CAM'SLANG; AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT REVIVAL WORK, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He donn'd his bannet braid an' blue Last Line: Had leev'd an' gane as saints shou'd gang. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): God; Grandparents; Religion; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Theology GRAND IS THE SEEN, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grand is the seen, the light, to me - grand are the sky and stars Last Line: More multiform far -- more lasting thou than they. Subject(s): Religion; Theology GRATITUDE, by CHRISTOPHER SMART Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I upon the first creation / clapped my wings with loud applause Last Line: Weaned from earth, and led to god. Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Creation; Eden; Gardens & Gardening; Gratitude; Religion; Theology GRATITUDE TO THE UNKOWN INSTRUCTIONS, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What they undertook to do Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Religion; Theology GRAVES, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Both of us had been close Last Line: All the time. ... Subject(s): Cemeteries; Death; God; Graves; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Graveyards; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Theology GREAT JEHOVAH EVER PRESENT, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: When the eastern sky is burning Last Line: Grant me wisdom, grant me sight. Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; Wisdom; The Resurrection; Theology GUARD THY HEART!, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Guard thy heart! As tho' thy ladye Last Line: Cheerly up the starry sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Absence; Love; Old Age; Passion; Religion; Separation; Isolation; Theology GUIDE TO THE OTHER GALLERY, by DANA GIOIA Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is the hall of broken limbs Subject(s): Religion; Theology GUIDE US, by MRS. T. B. EPTING Poem Text First Line: Great jehovah, king of glory Last Line: May we ever faithful be. Subject(s): Fidelity; God; Religion; Faithfulness; Constancy; Theology GUILTY, by MARGUERITE WILKINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I never cut my neighbor's throat Last Line: O costly valor never won! Subject(s): Forgiveness; Religion; Clemency; Theology H. BAPTISME (2), by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since, lord, to thee Last Line: Childhood is health. Variant Title(s): Holy Baptisme;holy Baptism (2) Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology H. SCRIPTURES, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Welcome dear book, soul's joy and food! The feast Last Line: Will tell thee so; sweet saviour thou didst die! Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology HAIL! - AND FAREWELL!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: They died that we might live Last Line: That we might live! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Courage; Religion; War; Valor; Bravery; Theology HALLOWED GROUND, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What's hallowed ground? Has earth a clod Last Line: All hallowed ground. Subject(s): Freedom; Religion; Liberty; Theology HANSEL AND GRETEL, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Little plum, said the mother to her son Last Line: And I would be a cannibal Subject(s): Cannibalism & Cannibals; Theology HARVEST, by EVA GORE-BOOTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Though the long seasons seem to separate Last Line: And all men's god in every human soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Selina Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology HE HAD HIS DREAM, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: He had his dream, and all through life Last Line: He had his dream. Subject(s): Religion; Theology HE-THEY-WE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: They hailed him king as he passed by Last Line: And him betray. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology HEAL MY HANDS!, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY Poem Text First Line: Lord, near thy cross, as men count nearness Last Line: Heal my hands. Subject(s): Christianity; Cross, The; God; Religion; Theology HEAT LIGHTNING IN A TIME OF DROUGHT, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: My neighbor drunk, stood on his lawn and yellled Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology HEAVEN, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This world is all a fleeting show Last Line: There's nothing calm but heaven! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Religion; Theology HEAVEN, by ISAAC WATTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a land of pure delight Last Line: Should fright us from the shore. Variant Title(s): The Heavenly Canaan;the Heavenly Land;a Prospect Of Heaven Makes Death Easy Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Paradise; Theology HEAVEN AND HELL, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Speed not afar, thou wandering wraith Last Line: "for evermore." Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Earth; Heaven; Hell; Religion; World; Paradise; Theology HEAVENLY, by DAVID BAKER Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are potted at night, pink, and packed with Last Line: From michigan quarterly review Subject(s): Flowers; Religion; Spirituality; Theology HELIADES: ZEUS, BRAZEN THUNDER-HURLER, by AESCHYLUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Zeus is the air, zeus earth, and zeus the sky Last Line: Zeus is everything, and all that's more than these. Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Religion; Zeus; Theology HELL, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's probably like the excitement of your first cigarette Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Hell; Religion; Spirituality; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology HELP, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dream not, o soul, that easy is the task Last Line: To guilt the wrath of the eumenides. Subject(s): Religion; Theology HELPLESSNESS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Inpatience as in labour must thou be Last Line: Were nailed unto a tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology HEM AND HAW, by BLISS CARMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hem and haw were the sons of sin Last Line: Is the droning voice of haw. Subject(s): Religion; Theology HERE AND NOW, by BLISS CARMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Where is heaven, is it not / just a friendly garden spot Last Line: In the sunlit apple tree. Subject(s): Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology HIDE AND SEEK, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You hid your little self, dear lord Last Line: Who sought three days for you! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology HIGH FLIGHT, by JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR. Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth Last Line: Put out my hand and touched the face of god. Subject(s): Air Warfare; Aviation & Aviators; Religion; World War Ii; Airplanes; Air Pilots; Theology; Second World War HINDOO FUNERAL SONG, by EDWIN ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Call on rama! Call to rama? Last Line: Ram! Ram!—oh, call to rama. Subject(s): Funerals; Hinduism; Religion; Burials; Theology HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOREVER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Our feet have wandered, wandered far and wide Last Line: And his mercy endureth for ever! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology HIS SIMPLE CREED, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: He taught them his new simple law Last Line: And shall while life endures. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Theology HISTORY, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Two men unto the temple went Last Line: And went home justified. Subject(s): History; Religion; Historians; Theology HOG, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh you brown bacon machine Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology HOLY GROUND, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pause where apart the fallen sparrow lies Last Line: Enshrines the dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Birds; Religion; Theology HOLY MATRIMONY, by JOHN KEBLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The voice that breath'd o'er eden Last Line: With christ's own bride they rise. Amen. Variant Title(s): Epithalamium Subject(s): Marriage; Religion; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology HOLY POEMS: 1, by GEORGE BARKER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am saint john on patmos of my heart Last Line: Moaning for its apocalyptic home. Subject(s): Religion; Theology HOLY POEMS: 2, by GEORGE BARKER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I bleed sebastian's brother on the ground Last Line: Crossed on my pain and crucified in my eye. Subject(s): Religion; Theology HOLY POEMS: 3, by GEORGE BARKER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The monarch who wears a shrieking crown Last Line: Cruel to be kind to all his kind is he. Subject(s): Religion; Theology HOLY RUSSIA, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have you heard how holy russia Last Line: Shall holy russia be! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Religion; Russia; Theology; Soviet Union; Russians HOLY SATURDAY (2), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O earth, who daily kissed his feet Last Line: "and made a temple of the tomb." Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Jesus Christ; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology HOLY SONNET: 10, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Last Line: And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die. Variant Title(s): "sonnet On Death;elegie;death Rebuked;""death Be Not Proud, Though Some Have Called Thee""; Subject(s): Catholics; Death; Freedom; Immortality; Religion; Social Protest; Victory; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Dead, The; Liberty; Theology HOLY SONNET: 5, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am a little world made cunningly Last Line: Of thee and thy house, which doth in eating heal. Variant Title(s): "holy Sonnets: 15;microcosm;""i Am A Little World Made Cunningly""; Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Sin; Theology HOLY SONNET: 7, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: At the round earth's imagined corners, blow Last Line: As if thou hadst sealed my pardon, with thy blood. Variant Title(s): "blow Your Trumpets, Angels;'teach Me How To Repent';holy Sonnet: 165;holy Sonnets: 4;""at The Round Earth's Imagined Corners, Blow""; Subject(s): Angels; Bible; Christianity; Death; Immortality; Judgment Day; Religion; Repentance; Salvation; Dead, The; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology; Penitence HOLY SONNET: ANNUNCIATION, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Salvation to all that will is nigh Last Line: Immensity cloysterd in thy deare wombe. Variant Title(s): La Corona: 2. Annunciation Subject(s): Annunciation, The; Bible; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology HOLY SONNET: ASCENTION, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Salute the last and everlasting day Last Line: Deigne at my hands this crowne of prayer and praise. Variant Title(s): La Corona: 7. Ascension;ascension Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology HOLY SONNET: CRUCIFYING, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By miracles exceeding power of man Last Line: Moyst, with one drop of thy blood, my dry soule. Variant Title(s): La Corona: 5. Crucifying;crucifying Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology HOLY SONNET: LA CORONA, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise Last Line: Salvation to all that will is nigh. Variant Title(s): "la Corona: 1;the Crown;""deign At My Hands This Crown Of Prayer And Praise""; Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology HOLY SONNET: NATIVITIE, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Immensitie cloysterd in thy deare wombe Last Line: With his kinde mother, who partakes thy woe. Variant Title(s): La Corona: 3. Nativity;sonnet On The Nativity;nativity Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology HOLY SONNET: RESURRECTION, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Moist with one drop of thy blood, my dry soul Last Line: Salute the last, and everlasting day. Variant Title(s): La Corona: 6. Resurrection Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology HOLY SONNET: TEMPLE, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With his kind mother who partakes thy woe Last Line: By miracles exceeding power of man. Variant Title(s): Jesus In The Temple;la Corona: 4. Temple;temple Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Religion; Theology HOLY THURSDAY, by GEOFFREY HILL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Naked, he climbed to the wolf's lair Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology HOME IS WHERE THERE'S ONE TO LOVE US, by CHARLES SWAIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Home's not merely four square walls Last Line: Where there's one we love to meet us! Subject(s): Home; Religion; Theology HOME THOUGHTS FROM EUROPE, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis fine to see the old world, and travel up and down Last Line: Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Variant Title(s): America For Me' Subject(s): Patriotism; Religion; United States; Theology; America HOPE, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hope evermore and believe, o man, for e'en as thy thought Last Line: Nevertheless it is good, though there is better than it. Subject(s): Courage; Hope; Religion; Valor; Bravery; Optimism; Theology HOPE, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I gave to hope a watch of mine: but he Last Line: I did expect a ring. Subject(s): Bible; Hope; Religion; Optimism; Theology HOST AND GUEST, by HENRY WILLIAM CLARK Poem Text First Line: I may not claim Last Line: "the glorious garment of my righteousness." Subject(s): Religion; Theology HOUSE OF PRAYER, by FREDA HAMMERSLOUGH Poem Text First Line: What is a house of prayer? Last Line: We lived with god a day. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology HOW - WHEN - WHERE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: It is not so much where you live Last Line: That you are truly fit to live. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology HOW FAR IS IT CALLED TO THE GRAVE?, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: How far is it called to the grave? Last Line: And we're almost there Subject(s): Religion; Theology HOW FAR TO BETHLEHEM?, by MADELEINE SWEENY MILLER Poem Text First Line: How far is it to bethlehem town? Last Line: "the homes of folks like me and you." Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology HOW GOD ANSWERS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He prayed for strength that he might achieve Last Line: His prayer was answered - he was most blessed Variant Title(s): Blessed Subject(s): Prayer;religion; Theology HOW LONG?, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My god, it is not fretfulness Last Line: Of error and of wrong. Subject(s): Faith; Mortality; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology HOW SHALL WE SING THE LORD'S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND?, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: We crept up, watched a black Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology HOW THE GREAT GUEST CAME, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Before the cathedral in grandeur rose Last Line: "I was the child on the homeless street!" Variant Title(s): The Great Guest Comes Subject(s): Charity; Faith; Religion; Philanthropy; Belief; Creed; Theology HOW THE LAWYERS GOT A PATRON SAINT; A LEGEND OF BRETAGNE, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A lawyer of brittany, once on a time Last Line: Was touching the form of the devil! Subject(s): Clergy; Legends; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Religion; Saints; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology HUMAN DEBASEMENT; A FRAGMENT, by EDWARD RUSHTON Poem Text First Line: In early days / if kings were made by men Last Line: All, all these works are thine! Subject(s): Freedom; Humanity; Men; Religion; Tyranny & Tyrants; Liberty; Theology HUMILITY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The bird that soars on highest wing Last Line: The footstool of humility Subject(s): Humility;religion; Theology HURRAHING IN HARVEST, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Summer ends now; now, barbarous in beauty, the stooks arise Last Line: And hurls for him, o half hurls earth for him off under his feet. Subject(s): Autumn; Love; Religion; Seasons; Fall; Theology HURRY, by MARCUS S. C. RICKARDS Poem Text First Line: Mortals! Why this fierce haste Last Line: Enter its lord! Subject(s): Eden; Heaven; Religion; Sin; Paradise; Theology HURRY UP PLEASE IT'S TIME, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is death, I ask Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology HUSKS, by HALA JEAN HAMMOND Poem Text First Line: She had foresworn all creeds Last Line: Toward symbol—earth-hidden. Subject(s): Faith; God; Praise; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology HUSWIFERY, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Make me, o lord, thy spinning wheele compleate Last Line: That I am cloathd in holy robes for glory. Variant Title(s): Housewifery Subject(s): Housekeeping; Labor & Laborers; Prayer; Puritans In Literature; Religion; Sewing; Work; Workers; Theology HYMN, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When storms arise Last Line: O god of my salvation. Subject(s): Religion; Theology HYMN, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O the bitter shame and sorrow Last Line: "none of self, and all of thee." Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): God; Praise; Religion; Theology HYMN AFTER GABRIELE ROSSETTI (SECOND VERSION), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My lord, my love! In pleasant pain Last Line: Hath not encompassed thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Love; Religion; Rossetti, Gabriele Pasquale (1783-1854); Theology HYMN FOR CATHOLIC LOVE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Lord jesu, son of grace Last Line: May find thee here below! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Theology HYMN IN THE ASSUMPTION (1), by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Harke shee is called, the parting houre is come Last Line: Our weak desires have done their best; %sweet angels come, and sing the rest Variant Title(s): On The Assumptio Subject(s): Assumption, The (theology); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible HYMN IN THE ASSUMPTION (2), by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hark! She is called, the parting hour is come Last Line: Sweet angels come, and sing the rest. Variant Title(s): In The Assumption;on The Assumption Of The Virgin Mary;on The Glorious Assumption Of Our Blessed Lady [or Virgin] Subject(s): Assumption, The (theology); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary HYMN OF JOY; TO THE MUSIC OF BEETHOVEN'S NINTH SYMPHONY, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Joyful, joyful, we adore thee Last Line: In the triumph song of life. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology HYMN OF PRAISE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Praise god for this all-beauteous earth Last Line: Hath builded our eternal home. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Praise; Religion; Theology HYMN OF THE CURETES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "hail to thee, boy, mighty one!" Last Line: Gladdened by our dance and song Subject(s): Religion;rites & Ceremonies; Theology HYMN OF THE STAR-FOLK TO GOD, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is no need for thy mercy, for mercy / is ours, not thine Last Line: With thy more-than-love above us, about us, we never need fear! Subject(s): God; Hymns (as Literary Form); Religion; Theology HYMN OF THE STAR-SOULED, by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O lord! Who art perfection's splendour Last Line: That emanates from thee!—the one divine! Subject(s): Religion; Soul; Theology HYMN TO MONT BLANC [IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI], by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hast thou a charm to stay the morning-star Last Line: Earth with her thousand voices, praises god. Variant Title(s): Before Sunrise, In The Vale Of Chamouni;chamouny;mont Blanc Before Sunrise;hymn Before Sunrise, In The Vale Of Chamouni Subject(s): Alps; Blanc, Mont; Chamonix, France; God; Mountains; Religion; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Theology HYMN: 13. ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMES, by CHRISTOPHER SMART Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now the winds are all composure Last Line: His inestimable death. Subject(s): Bible; God; Jesus Christ; Religion; Saints; Theology HYMN: 2, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Praise to god, immortal praise Last Line: Love thee -- for thyself alone. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology HYMN: BEFORE THE SACRAMENT, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bread of the world, in mercy broken Last Line: That by thy grace our souls are fed! Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology HYMN: ST. STEPHEN'S DAY, by REGINALD HEBER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The son of god goes forth to war Last Line: To follow in their train! Variant Title(s): Who Follows In His Train? Subject(s): Religion; Stephen, Saint (d. 36 A.d.); Theology HYMNS OF THE MARSHES: THE MARSHES OF GLYNN, by SIDNEY LANIER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Glooms of the live-oaks, beautiful-braided and woven Last Line: On the length and the breadth of the marvellous marshes of glynn. Variant Title(s): The Marshes Of Glynn Subject(s): Religion; Swamps; Theology; Bogs; Fens; Marshes I AM THE WAY', by ALICE MEYNELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou art the way Last Line: Art thou, time, way, and wayfarer. Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME?, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I gave my life for thee Last Line: Give thou thyself to me! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology I KNOW A NAME, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I know a soul that is steeped in sin Last Line: That will set those lands on fire Subject(s): Religion; Theology I LEARNED THAT HER NAME WAS PROVERB', by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And the secret names / of all we meet who lead us deeper Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I need thee every hour Last Line: "I need, oh, I need thee." Subject(s): Religion; Sin; Theology I REMEMBER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: By the first of august Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology I SAW A STABLE, by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a stable, low and very bare Last Line: And the world's danger. Alternate Author Name(s): Anodos Variant Title(s): Salus Mundi Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology I SAW THEE, by RAY PALMER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I saw thee when, as twilight fell Last Line: And read the secrets of thy heart! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology I SEEK THEE IN THE HEART ALONE, by HERBERT TRENCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fountain of fire whom all divide Last Line: She comes to me. Subject(s): Religion; Theology I SHALL BE GOD, by JAMES CHRISTIAN LINDBERG Poem Text First Line: God is spirit Last Line: And god is all. Subject(s): Angels; God; Religion; Soul; Spirituality; Theology ICONOCLASTS, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: There are those who would silence the thrush Last Line: Comes the luminous face of christ! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Death - Children; Religion; Spirituality; Death - Babies; Theology IDENTIFYING WITH THE BUDDHA, by CHARLES HARPER WEBB Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: We forget, praising his lotus feet, that he named his son rahula Last Line: From michigan quarterly review Subject(s): Buddhism; Religion; Spirituality; Buddha; Buddhists; Theology IF ONLY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If only I might love my god and die Last Line: Yea, they shall sing for love when christ shall come. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology IF THE LORD WOULD MAKE WINDOWS IN HEAVEN', by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She who had eyes but had not wherewithal Last Line: Might one day not be seen from anywhere Subject(s): Angels; God; Heaven; Religion; Saints; Paradise; Theology IF WE KNEW; OR, BLESSINGS OF TO-DAY, by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH Poem Text First Line: If we knew the woe and heartache Last Line: All the briers from the way. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Mary Louise Riley Subject(s): Home; Religion; Theology IMITATIONS OF DROWNING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fear / of drowning / fear of being that alone Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology IMMANENCE, by RICHARD HOVEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Enthroned above the world althought he sit Last Line: That kindled in the words of holy writ. Subject(s): Religion; Theology IMMORTAL, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So soon my body will have gone Last Line: A wave that never finds the shore. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology IMPENITENCE, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I rejoice that I have sinned Last Line: Who has suffered, who has seen. Subject(s): Forgiveness; Religion; Sin; Clemency; Theology IMPERIAL ADAM, by ALEC DERWENT HOPE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Imperial adam, naked in the dew / felt his brown flanks & found the rib was gone Alternate Author Name(s): Hope, A. D. Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Religion; Eve; Theology IMPLICIT FAITH, by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Of all great nature's tones that sweep Last Line: Of god's divine simplicity. Subject(s): Religion; Theology IMPRESSIONS OF DIVINITY, by BENJAMIN SIMMONS Poem Text First Line: But your conception Last Line: "be with you always. Amen." Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology IMPROMPTU LINES ADDRESSED TO HIS COUSIN, MRS. CREED, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So much religion in your name doth dwell Last Line: And practice is with endless glory crown'd. Subject(s): Names; Religion; Soul; Theology IN A CHURCHYARD, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: That flower unseen, that gem of purest ray Last Line: These unseen gravestones, and the darker dead Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology IN A HUNDRED YEARS, by ELIZABETH DOTEN Poem Text First Line: It will be all the same in a hundred years Last Line: For 'tis not the same in a hundred years! Alternate Author Name(s): Doten, Lizzie Subject(s): Future; Religion; Theology IN A MYRTLE SHADE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When should I be bound to thee Last Line: And grey hairs are on my head. Subject(s): Aging; Bible; Myrtle Trees; Mythology; Religion; Theology IN A NORMAN CHURCH, by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As over incense-laden air Last Line: Who bore the son of god. Subject(s): Children; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Prayer; Religion; Women - Bible; Childhood; Virgin Mary; Theology IN AETERNUM, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If life and death be things that seem Last Line: The dream of life eternal keep? Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: The little world of olden days is gone Last Line: Who hides no more behind dumb seraphim. Subject(s): Religion; Science; Theology; Scientists IN AN ALMSHOUSE, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh the dear summer evening! How the air Last Line: You'll know that some day, maybe. Now begins.... Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta Subject(s): Churches; Prayer; Preaching & Preachers; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology IN APRIL, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mark how the listening landscape heeds Last Line: The gospel of saint leaf! Subject(s): Nature; Religion; Theology IN EVERY MAN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: In every soul of all mankind Last Line: In christ -- and thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN EXCELSIS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is half winter, half spring Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology IN HIS ARMS, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If when thy children, o my friend Last Line: So sweet, as thou hast gained unsought! Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN LENTEN GARB, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: In lenten garb - unlovely gray Last Line: In lenten garb. Subject(s): Catholics; Lent; Religion; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 106, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky Last Line: Ring in the christ that is to be. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): The New Year;the Old Year And The New Subject(s): Bells; Christmas; Holidays; New Year; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 124, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That which we dare invoke to bless Last Line: That reach thro' nature, moulding men. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 129, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear friend, far off, my lost desire Last Line: And mingle all the world with thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Known And Unknown Subject(s): Love; Religion; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 130, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy voice is on the rolling air Last Line: I shall not lose thee tho' I die. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): All Is Well Subject(s): Friendship; Gays & Lesbians; Religion; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 28, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The time draws near the birth of christ Last Line: The merry, merry bells of yule. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Christmas Eve;christmas Bells;the Birth Of Christ;rise, Happy Morn Subject(s): Bells; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 54, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh yet we trust that somehow good Last Line: And with no language but a cry. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Trust Subject(s): Faith; Hope; Religion; Worship; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 55, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wish, that of the living whole Last Line: And faintly trust the larger hope. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): The Strife Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 78, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Again at christmas did we weave Last Line: But with long use her tears are dry. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 96, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You say, but with no touch of scorn Last Line: Although the trumpet blew so loud. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Doubt;doubt And Faith Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: EPILOGUE, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O true and tried, so well and long Last Line: To which the whole creation moves. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): The Wedding-day Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: PROEM, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Strong son of god, immortal love Last Line: And in thy wisdom make me wise. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Prologue Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology IN MEMORY OF JANE FRASER; AN ATTEMPTED REPARATION, by GEOFFREY HILL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When snow like sheep lay in the fold Subject(s): Christianity; Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology IN MEMORY OF W.B. YEATS, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He disappeared in the dead of winter Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Religion; Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939); Theology IN NARROW WAYS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Some lives are set in narrow ways Last Line: For every ill a cure. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN NEW YORK: 1. ON SUNDAY MORNING, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Far, far from here the church bells ring Last Line: As she prays for her child. Subject(s): Bells; New York City; Religion; Sun; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Theology IN ONE OF ITALY'S CATHEDRALS, by LAVINIA R. CLARK Poem Text First Line: In one of italy's cathedrals, vast-domed Last Line: Seems beating out a prayer. Subject(s): Churches; Humanity; Prayer; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology IN OUR OWN IMAGE, by THEODORE OLSON Poem Text First Line: There are no gods. Apollo-ashtoreth Last Line: Died of our unbelief! Alternate Author Name(s): Olson, Ted Subject(s): Atheism; Faith; Lies; Mythology; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology IN PALESTINE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lone is the land of a thousand wars, the home of a solemn peace Last Line: While the jackal has his haunt in the tomb of hiram, king of tyre. Subject(s): Palestine; Religion; Theology IN PRISON, by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH Poem Text First Line: God pity the wretched prisoners Last Line: May wipe their guilt away. Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Mary Louise Riley Subject(s): Pity; Prisons & Prisoners; Religion; Theology IN QUEST, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have I not voyaged, friend beloved, with thee Last Line: "all that I feel when I am nearest thee!" Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN TENEBRIS: 2, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the clouds' swollen bosoms echo back the shouts of the many and strong Last Line: Get him up and be gone as one shaped awry; he disturbs the order here. Variant Title(s): De Profundis 2 Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology IN THE BEACH HOUSE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The doors open Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology IN THE BEGINNING, by DYLAN THOMAS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the beginning was the three-pointed star Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology IN THE DEEP MUSEUM, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My god, my god, what queer corner am I in Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology IN THE GARDEN OF THE LORD, by HELEN KELLER Poem Text First Line: The word of god came unto me Last Line: I have strayed into the holy temple of the lord. Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: First spirit Last Line: Drove each his fate-determined way. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN THE WILDERNESS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: In sore distress Last Line: Found god. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN THE WILDERNESS, by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Christ of his gentleness Last Line: Tears like a lover wept. Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology IN TIME OF 'THE BREAKING OF NATIONS', by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only a man harrowing clods / in a slow silent walk Last Line: Ere their story die. Subject(s): Bible; Country Life; Religion; World War I; Theology; First World War IN TIME OF NEED, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Better than I Last Line: All my necessity. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology IN WHOM IS NO VARIABLENESS, by EDITH HICKMAN DIVALL Poem Text First Line: God will not change; the restless years may bring Last Line: Thy refuge in the love that can not die. Variant Title(s): Changeless Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology INASMUCH, by DOROTHY SPROULE Poem Text First Line: You asked not whence we came, nor where we went Last Line: Name us your god that we may worship him. Subject(s): Religion; Travel; Theology; Journeys; Trips INCENSE, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Think not that incense-smoke has had its day Last Line: Where all faiths kneel, as brothers, in one place. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Religion; Theology INCIDENT IN A ROSE GARDEN (2), by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The gardener came running Subject(s): Religion; Theology INDEPENDENCE DAY, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Between painting a roof yesterday and the hay Last Line: Whistle opens in the air, broad and pointed like a leaf Subject(s): Christianity; Holidays; Religion; Theology INDIA, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: A land of lights and shadows intervolved Last Line: Shall win for christ this stronghold of the night. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): India; Religion; Theology INDIRECTION, by RICHARD REALF Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fair are the flowers and the children Last Line: And the essence of life is divine. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Religion; Thought; Theology; Thinking INNOCENCE, by THOMAS TRAHERNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But that which most I wonder at, which most Last Line: I must become a child again. Subject(s): Bible; Innocence; Religion; Theology INSPIRATION, by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1822-1882) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Life of ages, richly poured Last Line: And the people's liberty! Subject(s): Religion; Theology INSPIRATION, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No hint upon the hilltop shows Last Line: To strew the surf-forsaken strand. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology INTIMATE GOD, by HELEN FIELD WATSON Poem Text First Line: Yesterday he seemed quite distant Last Line: Sing their measured melody. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology INTO THE SUNSET, by SAMUEL HALL YOUNG Poem Text First Line: Let me die, working Last Line: Let me die, laughing! Alternate Author Name(s): Young, S. Hall Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology IO VICTIS, by WILLIAM WETMORE STORY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the battle of life Last Line: Pilate or christ? Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology IRON HANS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Take a lunatic Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology IS IT A DREAM?, by GEOFFREY ANKETELL STUDDERT-KENNEDY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Is it a dream, and nothing more - this faith Last Line: In open comradeship to all the world? Alternate Author Name(s): Willie, Woodbine Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Theology IS IT TRUE?, by SARAH (SADIE) WILLIAMS Poem Text First Line: Is it true, o christ in heaven Last Line: We should just see god and die? Subject(s): Religion; Theology ISAAC'S MARRIAGE, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Praying! And to be married? It was rare Last Line: First, a young patriarch, then a married saint. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology ISAIAH: 33. 17, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thine eyes shall see! Yes, thine, who, bind erewhile Last Line: Thine eyes shall see! Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology ISAIAH: FIFTY-SECOND CHAPTER, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Wauken, o wauken; on wi' yer might, o zioun! Cleed yo wi' Last Line: Israel's god, he's ahint yo! Subject(s): Religion; Scottish Translations; Theology ISAIAH: PERFECT PEACE, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace Last Line: Because he trusteth in thee. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology ISOTTA (DETTA LA DIVINA), by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Divae, isottae sacrum,' true Last Line: In rimini, beside her? Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Saints; Theology ISRAEL, by CARL RAKOSI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hear the voice / of david and bathsheba Alternate Author Name(s): Rawley, Callmann Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology ISRAEL AND HIS BOOK, by FELIX NAPOLEON GERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An age-worn wanderer, pale with thought and tears Last Line: The wondrous promise grief could not conceal! Subject(s): Bible; God; Israel; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology IT IS A SPRING AFTERNOON, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Everything here is yellow and green Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology JACOB, by DELMORE SCHWARTZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All was as it is, before the beginning began, before Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology JANUARY 19TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your home can be helpful to your health through rest Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology JANUARY 1ST, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today is favorable for joint financial affairs but do not Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since our country, our god- oh, my sire! Last Line: And forget not I smiled as I died! Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Variant Title(s): Jephthah's Daughter Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology JESU, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jesu is in my heart, his sacred name Last Line: And to my whole is jesu. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology JESUS IN THE STORM, by ALEXANDER WALLACE Poem Text First Line: What bitter thoughts and weary Last Line: The darken'd soul to light. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology JESUS THE CARPENTER, by CHARLES M. SHELDON Poem Text First Line: If I could hold within my hand Last Line: But brotherhood was builded there. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology JESUS WALKING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When jesus walked into the wilderness Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology JESUS' KINGSHIP, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Twere well the soldiers stripped the finery Last Line: And own thee king in thy great sacrifice. Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology JESUS, THE ACTOR, PLAYS THE HOLY GHOST, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, mother, / virgin mother Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology JEWISH HYMN IN BABYLON, by HENRY HART MILMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God of the thunder! From whose cloudy seat Last Line: Where o'er the cherub-seated god full blazed the irradiate dome. Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 1, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was high feasting held at vaucouleur Last Line: "his wrath, and they shall perish who oppress." Subject(s): Faith; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 3, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair dawn'd the morning, and the early sun Last Line: "we ratify thy mission. Go in peace." Subject(s): Duty; Faith; France; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Religion; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 7, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Strong were the english forts, by daily toil Last Line: Betaking them, for now the night drew on. Subject(s): England; Faith; France; Heroism; History; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Religion; Victory; War; English; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Historians; Theology JOAN OF ARC: BOOK 8, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now was the noon of night; and all was still Last Line: The shattered fragments of the midnight wreck. Subject(s): England; Faith; France; Heroism; Joan Of Arc (1412-1431); Missions & Missionaries; Religion; Victory; War; English; Belief; Creed; Heroes; Heroines; Theology JOB. THE INSCRUTABLE MYSTERY, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Last Line: Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. Variant Title(s): Voice Out Of The Whirlwind;then The Lord Answered Subject(s): Religion; Theology JOHN, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Somebody coming in darkness Subject(s): Religion; Baptists; John The Baptist, Saint (1st Century); Preaching & Preachers; Theology JOHN CHRISTIAN, by WALTER HENDRICKS Poem Text First Line: John christian knew the bible page by page Last Line: By killing christ and spilling human blood. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Hypocrisy; Religion; Social Protest; Soldiers; War; Theology JOHN THE BAPTIST, by JOHN STUART BLACKIE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who is he in hairy raiment Last Line: Saviour lowly led! Subject(s): Baptists; Religion; Theology JONAH, by RANDALL JARRELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I lie here in the sun Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology JONAH'S SONG, FR. MOBY DICK, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The ribs and terrors in the whale Last Line: His all the mercy and the power. Variant Title(s): Father Mapple's Hymn Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Whales; Theology JOSEPH'S COAT, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wounded I sing, tormented I indite Last Line: My joyes to weep, and now my griefs to sing. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology JOSES, THE BROTHER OF JESUS, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography Last Line: But never to catch the vision which glorified his clay. Variant Title(s): Joses, Brother Of Jesus Subject(s): Humanity; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology JUBILATE AGNO: GARDNER'S TALENT, by CHRISTOPHER SMART Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For the doubling of flowers is the improvement of the gardeners talent Last Line: For the poor man's nosegay is an introduction to a prince. Subject(s): Bible; Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Religion; Virtue; Theology JUDAH'S HALLOWED BARDS, by AUBREY DE VERE Poem Text First Line: Let those who will hang rapturously o'er Last Line: Simply, pathetic, eloquently plain. Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Jews; Judah (bible); Religion; Disciples, Twelve; Judaism; Theology JUDGE NOT, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Judge not; the workings of his brain Last Line: This soul to god in after days! Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Religion; Theology JUDGE NOT, by THEODORE ROETHKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Faces greying faster than loam-crumbs on a harrow Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology JUDGMENT, by FERNAND MAZADE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The night the true god lists your every crime Last Line: And the true god—I see it all—will pardon you. Subject(s): God; Judgment Day; Religion; Sin; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology JUDGMENT DAY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Every day is judgment day Last Line: Sorrow. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Judgment Day; Religion; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology JUGGLER, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: A ball will bounce, but less and less Subject(s): Christianity; Jugglers; Religion; Theology JUST ONCE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just once I knew what life was for Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology KAPIOLANI, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Where the great green combers break in thunder on the barrier reefs Last Line: "from this day, thou, lord jehovah, be our one and only god!" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Hawaii; Religion; Volcanoes; Theology KARSHISH, THE ARAB PHYSICIAN, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Karshish, the picker-up of learning's crumbs Last Line: The madman saith he said so: it is strange. Variant Title(s): An Epistle; Containing The Strange Medical Evidence Of Karshish ...;an Epistle Containing The Strange Medical Experiments Of Karshish ...;an Epistle Concerning The Strange Medical Experience Of Karshish ... Subject(s): Arabs; Bible; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Physicians; Religion; Doctors; Theology KE 6-8018, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Black lady, / two eyes Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology KEATS WAS AN UNBELIEVER, by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Keats was an unbeliever,' - so they read Last Line: "he made ""believing"" possible for us." Subject(s): Agnosticism; Beauty; Keats, John (1795-1821); Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology KILLING THE LOVE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am the love killer Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology KILLING THE SPRING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spring had been bulldozed under Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology KING DAVID DANCES, by JOHN BERRYMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Aware to the dry throat of the wide hell in the world Last Line: All the black same I dance my blue head off! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, John, Jr. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out from jerusalem Last Line: "than flatteries of the great." Subject(s): Ants; Bible; Insects; Religion; Solomon (10th Century B.c.); Bugs; Theology KINSHIP, by EDWARD H. S. TERRY Poem Text First Line: I am part of the sea and stars Last Line: And the ages sent me forth! Subject(s): Religion; Theology KINSMAN! - CANST THOU FORGET?, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: I love to think upon thy human need Last Line: Feel thee my brother, father, mother, -- god. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology KNEE SONG, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Being kissed on the back Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology KNOCKING, EVER KNOCKING, by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Knocking, knocking, ever knocking? Last Line: Still a god is waiting, there. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology KNOWEST THOU JEHOVAH, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: With the dawn of morning Last Line: Knowest thou the three? Subject(s): Creation; God; Holy Ghost; Religion; Trinity, The; Holy Spirit; Theology KOHELETH, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I waited and worked Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Religion; Theology KYRIE ELEISON, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In joy, in pain, in sorrow Last Line: Kyrie eleison! Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Grief; Jesus Christ; Pain; Prayer; Religion; Sorrow; Sadness; Suffering; Misery; Theology L'ENVOI, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried Last Line: Shall draw the thing as he sees it for the god of things as they are! Subject(s): History; Religion; Historians; Theology LA PUCELLE DE VERCHERES, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: Name of heaven! 'no woman, 'you say, 'may be Last Line: But to test our own was madeleine's soul lent us from heaven an hour. Subject(s): Courage; Death; Religion; United States - Colonial Period; Women; Valor; Bravery; Dead, The; Theology LABOR, THE PROPHET, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: I am grim labor, I who boldly stand Last Line: Which kings and priests in terror will cast down Subject(s): Angels; Labor & Laborers; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Work; Workers; Theology LACEDEMONIAN INSTRUCTION, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come hither, my boy, tell me what thou seest there Last Line: A fool tangled in a religious snare Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Religion; Theology LACHRIMAE: 7. LACHRIMAE AMANTIS, by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is there in my heart that you should sue Alternate Author Name(s): Lope De Vega Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology LAMENT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Someone is dead Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LAPIS LAZULI (FOR HENRY CLIFTON), by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I have heard that hysterical women say Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Art & Artists; History; Imagination; Religion; Vision; Historians; Fancy; Theology LAST RITES, by DAVID CITINO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: When death dances in Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology LAURELS AND IMMORTELLES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He has solved it -- life's wonderful problem Last Line: And crowned him with death's immortelles Subject(s): Religion; Theology LEANERS OR LIFTERS, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are two kinds of people on earth today Last Line: Your portion of labor, and worry and care? Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Variant Title(s): Two Kinds Of People;which Are You?;lifting And Leaning Subject(s): Religion; Theology LEAVES, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One by one, like leaves from a tree Last Line: Stars above and earth below. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Theology LEGION STREET, by CHARLES HENRY MACKINTOSH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: These are the common sounds of legion street Last Line: To be reborn in every son of man. Subject(s): Religion; Theology LENTEN MUSINGS, by IDA WALDEN THOMAS Poem Text First Line: I am; my maker made me Last Line: But I will trust and pray. Subject(s): God; Lent; Obedience; Religion; Theology LENTEN THOUGHTS, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Yet many were offended in him Last Line: Must jesus be crucified anew? Subject(s): Catholics; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology LESSONS IN HUNGER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you like me?' Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When over the fair fame of Last Line: Let something good be said! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Religion; Theology LET US HAVE PEACE, by NANCY BYRD TURNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The earth is weary of our foolish wars Last Line: Let us have peace! Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology LETHARGY, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It smiles to see me Last Line: To put it down Subject(s): Lethargy; Religion; Theology LETHARGY, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It smiles to see me Subject(s): Religion; Theology LETTER TO GOD, by MARK DOTY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The dogs were tired and bewildered Last Line: It’s still possible a reply might reach them Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology LETTER TO THE COUNTESS OF DENBIGH (2), by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What heaven-besieged heart is this Last Line: He is repuls'd indeed, but you'r undone. Variant Title(s): Against Irresolution [and Delay In Matters Of Religion] Subject(s): Religion; Theology LETTER WRITTEN DURING A JANUARY NORTHEASTER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Monday / dearest, / it is snowing, grotesquely snowing Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LETTER WRITTEN ON A FERRY WHILE CROSSING LONG ISLAND SOUND, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am surprised to see / that the ocean is still going on Subject(s): Ferry Boats; God; Long Island Sound; Nuns; Religion; Theology LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: O god, within whose sight Last Line: God, send us peace! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology LIFE, by MARGARET WADE CAMPBELL DELAND Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: By one great heart, the universe is stirred Last Line: Men's hungry souls have named the great heart, god! Subject(s): Religion; Theology LIFE, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Forenoon and afternoon and night - forenoon Last Line: And time is conquered, and thy crown is won. Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew Subject(s): Religion; Theology LIFE, by JONES VERY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is not life upon thy gifts to live Last Line: The more to us doth of his bounty send. Subject(s): Religion; Worship; Theology LIFE, by WILLIAM MERRILL VORIES Poem Text First Line: Life is too brief Last Line: Or soar on wings! Alternate Author Name(s): Vories, W. M. Subject(s): Mortality; Religion; Theology LIFE AND DEATH, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Death preys on life Last Line: That we might live. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Death; Life; Religion; Dead, The; Theology LIFE AND DEATH, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is life, father? Last Line: "and god is over all!" Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Death; Fathers; Life; Religion; Dead, The; Theology LIFE TO LOVE, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Four winds and seven seas have called me friend Last Line: That love is king and creed and persian law Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology LIFE [AND DEATH], by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Life! I know not what thou art Last Line: Bid me good morning. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology LIFE'S CATHEDRAL, by M. C. HAECKER Poem Text First Line: Faith is a cathedral grand Last Line: Is verily the life divine. Subject(s): Churches; Faith; God; Praise; Religion; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed; Theology LIFE'S EVENING, by WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE Poem Text First Line: Three score and ten! The tumult of the world Last Line: While o'er my soul god spreads his mantle—peace. Subject(s): Religion; Theology LIFE'S FINEST THINGS, by BANGS BURGESS Poem Text First Line: Life's finest things, the things that last Last Line: Are only grappled by the soul. Subject(s): Religion; Theology LIGHT, by GRACE WILKINSON Poem Text First Line: We cannot look beyond Last Line: Thou, o my soul! Subject(s): Religion; Theology LINCOLN, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the norn mother saw the whirlwind hour Last Line: And leaves a lonesome place against the sky. Subject(s): American Civil War; Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Patriotism; Presidents, United States; Religion; United States - History; Theology LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS. BUCHANAN, OF DRUMPELLIER, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Gentle lady, with the bounteous hand Last Line: Long after thou art laid in hallowed rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Children; God; Learning; Religion; Sabbath; Childhood; Theology; Sunday LINES COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Five years have passed; five summers, with the length Last Line: More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake! Variant Title(s): Tintern Abbey;on Revisiting The Banks Of The Wye Subject(s): England; Holidays; Immortality; Nature; Religion; Trees; English; Theology LINES ON SEEING THE SABBATH SCHOOL PROCESSION OF 3RD JULY, 1862, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Were thousand angels sinless, bright Last Line: Like him who took your nature on. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Children; God; Religion; Sabbath; Youth; Childhood; Theology; Sunday LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 1. OLD STYLE, by FLORENCE CONVERSE Poem Text First Line: This is sister water's cell Last Line: Sing laus deo! Subject(s): Religion; Water Supply; Wellesley College; Theology; Dams; Reservoirs; Water Mains LINES TO A PUMPING ENGINE FOR A RELIGIOUS HOUSE: 2. NEW STYLE, by FLORENCE CONVERSE Poem Text First Line: The little grassy hollow is sunny Last Line: So-called. Subject(s): Religion; Water Supply; Wellesley College; Theology; Dams; Reservoirs; Water Mains LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I heard a thousand blended notes Last Line: What man has made of man? Variant Title(s): What Man Has Made Of Man;written In Early Spring Subject(s): Religion; Theology LINES WRITTEN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In this lone open glade I lie Last Line: Before I have begun to live. Subject(s): Kensington Gardens; Parks; Religion; Theology LINES WRITTEN IN THE 16TH CENTURY, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For aye be hynce ye vayne delyghts Last Line: Forlettying erthlie loste. Subject(s): England; Mexico; Poetry & Poets; Religion; English; Theology LINOLEUM, by TESS GALLAGHER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There are the few we hear of Last Line: "and begin where I stand, Subject(s): Conduct Of Life; Religion; Theology LISTENING TO THE WIND, by EGBERT SANDFORD Poem Text First Line: God is at the organ! Last Line: Far and near. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LITANY, by ROBERT GRANT (1785-1838) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Saviour, when in dust to thee Last Line: Of our solemn litany! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Many are the deceivers Subject(s): Fairy Tales; God; Religion; Theology LIVE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Well, death's been here Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LIVE AND HELP LIVE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Live and let live!' was the call of the old Last Line: The cry of the christ for a comrade-like earth. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology LIVE CHRIST, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Live christ! - and though thy way may be Last Line: That fruit through all eternity. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology LIVINGSTONE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: To lift the somber fringes of the night Last Line: And died right mightily. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Livingstone, David (1813-1873); Religion; Theology LOBSTER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A shoe with legs Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LOCKED DOORS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For the angels who inhabit this town Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LOCKSLEY HALL, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet 'tis early morn Last Line: For the mighty wind arises, roaring seaward, and I go. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Disappointment; Freedom; Grief; Holidays; Love; Religion; Veterans Day; War; Liberty; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology LOCUST SONGS: SHILOH CHURCH, 1862: TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND, by GEOFFREY HILL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O stamping-ground of the shod word! So hard Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology LONELY BROTHER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Art thou lonely, o my brother? Last Line: Shall come two's great happiness. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Solitude; Theology; Loneliness LONGING, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am not sorry for my soul Last Line: Without the joy it longed to know. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Mortality; Religion; Theology LOOK BEYOND!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Unnumbered sorrows, woes beyond belief Last Line: "look beyond!" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology LORD, HEAR MY PRAYER; A PARAPHRASE OF THE 102ND PSALM, by JOHN CLARE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, hear my prayer when trouble glooms Last Line: But still regard the destitute Subject(s): Bible; Prayer; Religion; Theology LORD, SAVE US, WE PERISH, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O lord, seek us, o lord, find us Last Line: Round us, everywhere. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Religion; Theology LORD, TEACH US HOW TO PLAY!, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Mid clashing creeds and civic strife Last Line: And teach us how to pray! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Religious Education; Theology; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial Schools LOST AND FOUND, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I missed him when the sun began to bend Last Line: A light I knew not till my soul was dark. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology LOVE, by HERBERT TRENCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come, let us make love deathless, thou and I Last Line: The world seen once for all! Subject(s): Religion; Theology LOVE (3), by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back Last Line: So I did sit and eat. Variant Title(s): A Dialogue Between God And The Soul Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Eucharist; Faith; Forgiveness; Grace; Jesus Christ; Love; Love - Marital; Religion; Sin; Communion; Belief; Creed; Clemency; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Theology LOVE AND LAW, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: True love is founded in rocks of remembrance Last Line: With patience its watchword, and law for its throne. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Love - Nature Of; Religion; Theology LOVE CALLS US TO THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The eyes open to a cry of pulleys Subject(s): Christianity; Laundry & Laundering; Love; Mourning; Religion; Soul; Bereavement; Theology LOVE IS SAVED, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: What you most loved but could not save Last Line: God had already saved. Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology LOVE IS STRONG AS [OR STRONGER THAN] DEATH, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have not sought thee, I have not found thee Last Line: And clasp thee to me.' Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology LOVE LETTER WRITTEN IN A BURNING BUILDING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dearest foxy, / I am in a crate Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LOVE SONG, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was / the girl of the chain letter Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LOVE'S VIGIL, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love will outwatch the stars, and light the skies Last Line: That in the cosmic council he is god. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LOVE, NOT LOGIC (A FRAGMENT), by ANNIE MATHESON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O god! What am I but a hungry cry Last Line: All strong to labour for the good of each. Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology LOVES OF THE PUPPETS, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Meeting when all the world was in the bud Last Line: Anc made the birds explode for miles around Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology LOVING THE KILLER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today is the day they shipped Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LOW SPIRITS, by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fever and fret and aimless stir Last Line: And for all things that make me feel. Subject(s): Religion; Theology LUCIFER IN STARLIGHT, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On a starred night prince lucifer uprose Last Line: The army of unalterable law. Subject(s): Bible; Devil; Religion; Stars; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Theology LULLABY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is a summer evening Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology LURID LIVES: RASPUTIN (TO HIS BAND OF COURT LADIES & OTHER SATELLITES), by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Build an altar in my chamber Last Line: With a holy pleasure. Subject(s): God; Rasputin, Grigory (1872-1916); Religion; Russia; Theology; Soviet Union; Russians LYCIDAS, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Yet once more, o ye laurels, and once more Last Line: Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. Subject(s): Consolation; Death; Drowning; Freedom; Grief; Hate; King, Edward (1612-1637); Mourning; Religion; Dead, The; Liberty; Sorrow; Sadness; Bereavement; Theology MADONNA NATURA, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I love and worship thee in that thy ways Last Line: And guide me onward to thy promised land! Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Nature; Religion; Theology MAGIC WORDS (1), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In the very earliest time Last Line: Nobody could explain this: / that's the way it was Subject(s): Cosmology;creation;eskimos;mythology - Native American;native Americans;religion; Inuit;indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America;theology MAHABHARATA: BOOK 17. THE GREAT JOURNEY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "to narayen, lord of lords, be glory given" Last Line: "where they have gone, there will I surely go" Subject(s): Death;heaven;hinduism;india;religion; "dead, The;paradise;theology; MAHABHARATA: BOOK 18. THE ENTRY INTO HEAVEN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "to narayen, lord of lords, be glory given" Last Line: "waiting to greet him, gladdening and glad" Subject(s): Heaven;hinduism;india;religion; Paradise;theology MAHABHARATA: NIGHT OF SLAUGHTER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "to narayen, best of lords, be glory given" Last Line: Kripa and kritavarman Subject(s): Hinduism;india;religion; Theology MAHABHARATA: THE MORNING PRAYER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Our lord the prophet (peace to him!) doth write Last Line: Read fatihah forth beneath the mehrab-board Subject(s): Hinduism;india;prayer;religion; Theology MAHOMET, by VOLTAIRE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thinkest thou thy friend will ever bend the knee Last Line: And to be worshipped never must be known. Alternate Author Name(s): Arouet, Francoise Marie Subject(s): Hypocrisy; Muhammad, The Prophet (570-632); Religion; Mahomet; Mohammed; Theology MAKE FRIENDS, by ALI IBN ABU TALIB Poem Text First Line: He who has a thousand friends Last Line: Shall meet him everywhere. Alternate Author Name(s): Ali Ben Abu Taleb; Ali Ibn Abi; Ali Variant Title(s): Friends And Enemies Subject(s): Friendship; Religion; Theology MAKING LIFE WORTH WHILE, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: May every soul that touches yours Last Line: And heaven a surer heritage. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Religion; Theology MAN AND GOD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Whoso draws near to god one step through doubtings dim Last Line: God will advance a mile in blazing light to him Subject(s): Religion; Theology MAN FRAIL AND GOD ETERNAL, by ISAAC WATTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our god, our help in ages past Last Line: And our eternal home. Variant Title(s): Hymn;our Dwelling Place;psalm 90: 1-5 Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Vanity; Belief; Creed; Theology MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When chill november's surly blast Last Line: "that weary-laden mourn!" Subject(s): Mankind; Mourning; Religion; Human Race; Bereavement; Theology MAN WEARING BIRD, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I could be stone Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology MAN-MAKING, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are all blind, until we see Last Line: The builder also grows. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MAN-TEST, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When in the dim beginning of the years Last Line: "with all in life to win or all to lose." Variant Title(s): The Testing Subject(s): Mankind; Religion; Human Race; Theology MANHATTAN, by PAUL MARIANI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thirty years, and the six-inch scar still there Subject(s): New York City; Religion; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Theology MANUFACTURED GODS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They put up big wooden gods Subject(s): Religion; Theology MANY MANSIONS, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Her silver lamp half-filled with oil Last Line: I wake, I shall be satisfied. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MARCH 4TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The high ones, berryman said, die, die, die Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MARCH 7TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The day is favorable for creative work Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MARRIAGE, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Going my way of old Last Line: Night after night. Subject(s): Marriage; Religion; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology MARY AND GABRIEL, by RUPERT BROOKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Young mary, loitering once her garden way Last Line: The air was colder, and grey. She stood alone. Subject(s): Bible; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Soldiers' Writings; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology MARY MAGDALENE'S LEFT FOOT, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: I saw the picture in newsweek or time Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology MARY'S SONG, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sunday lamb cracks in its fat Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE, by ANTHONY HECHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I would invoke that man Last Line: The ass will learn to sing Subject(s): Religion; Theology MATINS, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Flowers rejoice when night is done Last Line: As a flower adores the light. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Flowers; Religion; Theology MATTHEW VIII, 28 FF, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rabbi, we gadarenes Last Line: We had rather you shoved off Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology MAY 30TH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Don't look now, god, we're all right Last Line: Don’t send death in his fat red suit and his ho-ho baritone Subject(s): God; Religion; Death; Theology MEASURING LIFE, by HARRIET ELEANOR HAMILTON (BAILLE) KING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Measure thy life by loss instead of gain Last Line: And whoso suffers most hath most to give. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton-king, Harriet Eleanor Variant Title(s): Love's Strength Subject(s): Defeat; Religion; Sacrifices; Theology MEDITATION, by ANNE BRADSTREET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As spring the winter doth succeed Last Line: And at the most a simple mite. Subject(s): Children; Home; Marriage; Puritans; Religion; Sickness; Worship; Childhood; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology; Illness MEDITATION IN THE SPRING RAIN, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the april rain I climbed up to drink Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: FRIDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With hearts deep rooted in love's holy ground Last Line: To god's good pleasure, with a christ-like mind. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Salvation; Theology MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: SATURDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus is crucified - the previous scene Last Line: Salvation is the life of christ in us. Subject(s): Bible; Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Salvation; Supernatural; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: THURSDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dead as men are, in trespasses and sins Last Line: The gate of life, and paradise regain'd. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Resurrection, The; Theology MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: TUESDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The saviour died, according to our faith Last Line: Pain is its cure, and it exists no more. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Faith; Healing; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Salvation; Belief; Creed; Cures; Theology MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY DAY IN PASSION WEEK: WEDNESDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Justice demandeth satisfaction' - yes Last Line: Itself restor'd,—not any thing in lieu. Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Justice; Religion; Theology MEDITATIONS OF A HINDU [OR, HINDOO] PRINCE [AND SKEPTIC], by ALFRED COMYNS LYALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All the world over, I wonder, in lands that I never had trod Last Line: Who weep. Variant Title(s): A Hindoo's Search For Truth Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MEDITATIONS OF MAN'S MORTALITIE: ADAM AND EVE, by ALICE SUTCLIFFE Poem Text First Line: Of all the trees that in the garden grew Last Line: And both must dye and turned be to dust. Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Animals; Bible; Eden; Religion; Snakes; Theology; Serpents; Vipers MEDITATIONS ON THE FALL AND WINTER HOLIDAYS: 2. DAY OF ATONEMENT, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The great giver has ended his disposing Last Line: "not by might not by power Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology MEN TOLD ME, LORD, by DAVID STARR JORDAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Men told me, lord, it was a vale of tears Last Line: I could no more through all eternity! Subject(s): Religion; Theology MENSTRUATION AT FORTY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was thinking of a son Subject(s): God; Menstruation; Middle Age; Religion; Theology MERCY, by DAVID BAKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Small flames afloat in a blue duskfall, beneath trees Last Line: Death after death, around the far, awakening bend Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology MESSIAH; A SACRED ECLOGUE IN IMITATION OF VIRGIL'S POLLIO, by ALEXANDER POPE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ye nymphs of solyma! Begin the song Last Line: Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own messiah reigns! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology META-A AND THE A OF ABSOLUTES, by JAY WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I write my god in blue. Subject(s): Religion; Theology METHODIST DANCER, by FLORA SHUFELT RIVOLA Poem Text First Line: They said the dance was all the devil's own Last Line: In beauty's clean, white flame. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Methodism; Religion; Theology MIDNIGHT, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When to my eyes / whilst deep sleep others catches) Last Line: Which thy spirit blows! Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology MIDNIGHT GLADNESS, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The pleated lampshade, slightly askew Last Line: At my lips before darkness. Gift after gift Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology MILTON'S PRAYER [OF PATIENCE, OR, IN BLINDNESS], by ELIZABETH LLOYD HOWELL Poem Text First Line: I am old and blind! Last Line: Lit by no skill of mine. Variant Title(s): Old And Blind Subject(s): Milton, John (1608-1674); Religion; Theology MISSING, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou that didst leave the ninety and the nine Last Line: Fold close my little one! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Children; Religion; Childhood; Theology MIZPAH, by JULIA A. BAKER Poem Text First Line: Go thou thy way, and I go mine Last Line: And we are near. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 13, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I could trust mine own self with your fate Last Line: Whose love your love's capacity can fill. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Trust Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Religion; Women - Heroes; Theology MONOLOGUE FROM A MATTRESS, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Can that be you, la mouche? Wait till I lift Last Line: Mouche -- mathilde! . . . Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Death; Love; Regret; Religion; Revolutions; Sickness; Poetry & Poets; German Literature; Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856); Dead, The; Theology; Illness MOOSE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: American archangel you are going Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MORALITY, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We cannot kindle when we will Last Line: And lay upon the breast of god.' Subject(s): Religion; Theology MORNING AT BRODICK, by WILLIAM THOMSON MCAUSLANE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fair brodick castle by the sea Last Line: Pardon is found and rest is sweet. Subject(s): Castles; Morning; Religion; Theology MORNING HYMN, by THOMAS KEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Awake, my soul, and with the sun Last Line: In thy sole glory may unite. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MORNING HYMN, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Now the golden morning shines Last Line: Hope and love are never-failing! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Love; Religion; Theology MOSES, by PETER JOHNSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I believe in the god of the hebrews Subject(s): Moses; Religion; Theology MOSES AND JESUS, by ISRAEL ZANGWILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Methought on two jews meeting I did chance Last Line: With bitter tears of agonized despair. Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology MOSTLY MY NIGHTMARES ARE DULL, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mostly my nightmares are dull. On autumn nights Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Linda, you are leaving Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MOTHER NATURE, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nature, the gentlest mother / impatient of no child Last Line: Wills silence everywhere. Subject(s): Nature; Religion; Theology MOTHERHOOD: 1, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: The angels sang above the bed Last Line: There mary wept most bitterly. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Religion; Women - Bible; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Virgin Mary; Theology MOTHERS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh mother / here in your lap Subject(s): Family Life; God; Religion; Relatives; Theology MOTIVES, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Motives are seeds Last Line: He'll judge you justly ere the record close. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology MR. ELIOT'S SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE, by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Polyphiloprogenitive / the sapient sutlers of the lord Last Line: Are controversial, polymath. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, T. S. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MR. MINE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Notice how he has numbered the blue veins Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MURMURS, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why wilt thou make bright music Last Line: That bids the world rejoice. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Earth; Peace; Religion; Wind; World; Theology MUSE, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No angel speaks to me Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology MUSE IN LATE NOVEMBER, by JONATHAN HENDERSON BROOKS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I greet you, son, with joy and winter rue Last Line: The dream that battles me, may you fulfill. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology MUSIC, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let me go where'er I will, / I hear a sky-born music still Last Line: There alway, alway something sings. Variant Title(s): Something Sings;there Alway, Alway Something Sings;the Sky-born Music Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Religion; Theology MUSIC, by W. C. A. WALLAR Poem Text First Line: The instruments remind us. Then the heart Last Line: Shall rise, and find the stars, and sin no more. Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Religion; Theology MUST CHRIST STILL WANDER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Must christ still wander on unknown Last Line: Despised -- outcast? Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY AIN COUNTRIE, by MARY LEE DEMAREST Poem Text First Line: I'm far frae my hame, an' I'm weary aftenwhiles Last Line: That we a' may gang in gladness to our ain countree. Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology MY BAPTISMAL BIRTH-DAY, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God's child in christ adopted, - christ my all Last Line: Yes! But not his -- 'tis death itself there dies. Subject(s): Birthdays; Religion; Theology MY BIRTH, by MINOT JUDSON SAVAGE Poem Text First Line: I had my birth where stars were born Last Line: Ragnarok, twilight of the gods. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY BOOKS AND I, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My books and I are good old pals Last Line: I'm stronger than before. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Books; Religion; Reading; Theology MY CHURCH, by E. O. G. Poem Text First Line: My church has but one temple Last Line: The love of the illimitable god. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY CREED, by HOWARD ARNOLD WALTER Poem Text First Line: I would be true, for there are those who trust me Last Line: I would look up, and love, and laugh and lift. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY EVENING PRAYER, by CHARLES H. GABRIEL Poem Text First Line: If I have wounded any soul to-day Last Line: Help me to live. Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY FOE, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gurr! You cochon! Stand and fight! Last Line: Blood-guilty in sight of god. Subject(s): Clergy; Death; Murder; Religion; War; World War I; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Dead, The; Theology; First World War MY FRIEND, MY FRIEND, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who will forgive me for the things I do? Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MY GARDEN, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A garden is a lovesome thing, god wot! Last Line: Tis very sure god walks in mine. Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Religion; Theology MY GUEST, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Within my holy place Last Line: To look upon thy face. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY LADY OF EASTER, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: The lilies that lean by the altar Last Line: That love is our calling! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Love; Praise; Religion; Saints; The Resurrection; Theology MY NEIGHBOR, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My neighbor as myself to love Last Line: That thou thyself art he. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Neighbors; Religion; Theology MY OFFERING, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He asked me bread, the bread whereby alone Last Line: "a serpent, see!" Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY PRAYER, by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN Poem Text First Line: May it ever be said of the one that was I Last Line: She gallantly reached for her star. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Spirituality; Theology MY PRAYER, by GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON Poem Text First Line: I pray my soul may be a vital one Last Line: And straight, as crowded pines in forests do. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology MY RECOVERY, by FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB KLOPSTOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Recovery, daughter of creation too Last Line: Sent thee from heaven to me! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MY SERVANT (1), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, wheresoe'er I am, thou art Last Line: Than saint or angel unto me. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY TREASURE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Treasure I sought Last Line: He gave me more than all I had sought. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY UNINVITED GUEST, by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH Poem Text First Line: One day there entered at my chamber door Last Line: To every door, o pain, thou hast a key! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Mary Louise Riley Subject(s): Religion; Theology MY WIFE, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Trusty, dusky, vivid, true Last Line: Gave to me. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): To My Wife Subject(s): Love - Marital; Marriage; Religion; Women; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology MY WORLD, by CHAUNCEY ROSCOE PIETY Poem Text First Line: God gave my world to me Last Line: And lo, my world is great! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology MYRRH-BEARERS, by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three women crept at break of day Last Line: Their spices had been bruised for christ! Subject(s): Incense-trees; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology MYSELF, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have to live with myself, and so Last Line: Self-respecting and conscience free. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Self; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology MYSTERIES, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The murmur of a bee / a witchcraft yieldeth me Last Line: Must tell! Subject(s): Religion; Theology MYSTIC BOUNCE, by TERRANCE HAYES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Even if you love the racket of ascension, Last Line: "a hillside."" that's why I'm not a christian" Subject(s): Religion; Theology NAMED, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: As I marched out one day in spring Last Line: And I have answered — 'here!' Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): God; Popes; Religion; Papacy; Theology NAMING THE ANIMALS, by ANTHONY HECHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Having commanded adam to bestow Subject(s): Animals; Bible; Names; Religion; Theology NATURE AND ART, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I once loved nature so that man was nought Last Line: Who moulds the wills of men, and grasps the bars of fate Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Nature; Religion; Theology NATURE; SONNET, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As a fond mother, when the day is o'er Last Line: How far the unknown transcends the what we know. Subject(s): Nature; Religion; Theology NEBUCHADNEZZAR, by ELINOR WYLIE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My body is weary to death of my mischievous brain Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs. Subject(s): Bible; Insanity; Religion; Madness; Mental Illness; Theology NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM; SONNET, by JOHN KEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Before he went to feed [or, live] with owls and bats Last Line: "by belching out ""ye are that head of gold." Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology NEED OF LOVING, by STRICKLAND GILLILAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Folk need a lot of loving in the morning Last Line: Folks need a lot of loving all the while. Subject(s): Love; Religion; Theology NEW DREAMS FOR OLD, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: God, who through ages past Last Line: Give us new dreams for old! Subject(s): Dreams; Faith; Religion; Nightmares; Belief; Creed; Theology NEW YEAR'S DAY - AND EVERY DAY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Each man is captain of his soul Last Line: And he will bring us through. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology NIGHT AND DAY, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Twas night, and darkness reigned supreme Last Line: Beyond the power of sin—man's soul shall never die. Subject(s): Bible; Death; Easter; Healing; Holidays; Holy Ghost; Immortality; Jesus Christ; Life; Light; Night; Praise; Religion; Religious Education; Sin; Dead, The; The Resurrection; Cures; Holy Spirit; Bedtime; Theology; Sunday Schools; Yeshivas; Parochial School NIGHTFALL, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Fold up the tent! / the sun is in the west Last Line: And rest is best! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX, by WILSON PUGSLEY MACDONALD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How shall we keep it Last Line: Holding there a crucifix. Subject(s): Religion; Theology NO COMING TO GOD WITHOUT CHRIST, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good and great god! How sho'd I feare Last Line: Wo'd see thy face, and he not by. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology NO FUNERAL GLOOM, by ELLEN TERRY Poem Text Last Line: And so to where I wait come gently on. Subject(s): Grief; Religion; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology NO SECT [OR SECTS] IN HEAVEN, by ELIZABETH H. JOCELYN CLEAVELAND Poem Text First Line: Talking of sects quite late one eve Last Line: "for all had put on ""christ's righteousness." Alternate Author Name(s): Cleveland, Elizabeth H. Jocely Subject(s): Religion; Sects; Theology NO SEX FOR PRIESTS, by HEATHER MCHUGH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The horse in harness suffers Subject(s): Animals; Religion; Theology NOAH'S RAVEN, by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why should I have returned? Alternate Author Name(s): Merwin, W. S. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology NOCTURNE, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Night of mid-june, in heavy vapours dying Last Line: Except its cross of gold. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Crosses; Nature; Religion; Vision; Theology NOCTURNE AT BETHESDA, by ARNA BONTEMPS Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I thought I saw an angel flying low Subject(s): African Americans; Bible; Religion; Negroes; American Blacks; Theology NOLI ME TANGERE, by JORIE GRAHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You see the angels have come to sit on the delay for a while Subject(s): Religion; Theology NOON WALK ON THE ASYLUM LAWN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The summer sun ray Subject(s): Depression, Mental; God; Religion; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress; Theology NOT AS I WILL, by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Blindfolded and alone I stand Last Line: "not as we will." Alternate Author Name(s): H. H.; Holm, Saxe; Jackson, Helen Hunt Subject(s): Religion; Theology NOT BY BREAD ALONE, by JAMES TERRY WHITE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If thou of fortune be bereft Last Line: Can satisfy the soul's desire. Subject(s): Religion; Theology NOT SO. NOT SO, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot walk an inch Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology NOT UNDERSTOOD, by THOMAS BRACKEN Poem Text First Line: Not understood. We move along asunder Last Line: And understood. Subject(s): Friendship; Religion; Theology NOTHING BUT LEAVES, by LUCY EVELINA AKERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Nothing but leaves; the spirit grieves Last Line: "nothing but leaves?" Subject(s): Religion; Sin; Theology NOTRE DAME DE ROUEN, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here, as the vesper chant Last Line: Victor and king! Subject(s): Churches; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology NOW I SEE, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now I see!' but not the parting Last Line: Now I see' that god is love. Subject(s): Bible; Faith; God; Love; Religion; Vision; Belief; Creed; Theology NOW THE LABOURER'S TASK IS O'ER, by JOHN ELLERTON Poem Text First Line: Now the laborer's task is o'er Last Line: Leave we now thy servant sleeping. Subject(s): Religion; Theology O FAIR!-O PUREST!; SAINT AUGUSTINE TO HIS SISTER, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O fair! O purest! Be thou the dove Last Line: O fair! O purest! Be like the dove. Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Augustine, Saint (354-430); Religion; Saints; Solitude; Augustine Of Hippo; Theology; Loneliness O TASTE AND SEE, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The world is / not with us enough Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Spiritual Life; Women & Religion; Theology O TO BE A DRAGON, by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I, like solomon Subject(s): Wishes; Dragons; Bible; Dragons; Religion; Theology O TO BE A DRAGON, by MARIANNE MOORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I, like solomon Subject(s): Bible; Dragons; Religion; Theology O YE TONGUES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let there be a god as large as a sunlamp to laugh his heat at you Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology OBERAMMERGAU, 1890, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A trembling vow breathed in a night of fears Last Line: Show forth his passion till the saviour come. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Oberammergau Passion-play; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology OBSERVATION (3), by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The virgin-mother stood at distance (there) Last Line: And then to weep they both were licensed. Subject(s): Bible; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology OCTAVES: 19, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We lack the courage to be where we are Last Line: On anvils, in the gleaming of god's forge. Subject(s): Religion; Theology OCTOBER MAPLES, PORTLAND, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The leaves, though little time they have to live Last Line: They could not choose but to return in blue Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology ODE, by JOSEPH ADDISON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The spacious firmament on high Last Line: "the hand that made us is divine!" Variant Title(s): Hymn To The Creation;ode To The Creation;psalm 19;hymn;creation Subject(s): Bible; Creation; Religion; Sky; Theology ODE (MUSIC-MAKERS), by ARTHUR WILLIAM EDGAR O'SHAUGHNESSY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are the music makers, / and we are the dreamers of dreams Last Line: Or one that is coming to birth. Alternate Author Name(s): O'shaughnessy, Arthur W. E. Variant Title(s): The Music-makers;ode Subject(s): Freedom; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Liberty; Theology ODE TO DUTY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stern daughter of the voice of god Last Line: And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live! Variant Title(s): To Duty Subject(s): Duty; Religion; Theology ODE TO THE WEST WIND, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being Last Line: If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Variant Title(s): Ode To The West Wind: I;the West Wind Subject(s): Autumn; Florence, Italy; Nature; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Sea; Seasons; Fall; Theology; Ocean ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 17. ON A SERMON AGAINST GLORY, by MARK AKENSIDE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come then, tell me, sage divine Last Line: And tully's curule chair, and milton's golden lyre. Subject(s): Religion; Theology OEDIPUS REX [TYRANNUS] [OR, OEDIPUS THE KING]: CHORUS. GOD AND MAN, by SOPHOCLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O may my constant feet not fail Last Line: And faith is sapped, and heaven defied. Subject(s): Religion; Theology OF A CONTENTED MIND [OR, SPIRIT], by THOMAS VAUX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When all is done and said, in the end thus shall you find Last Line: The sweetest time of all my life to deem in thinking spent. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrowden, 2d Baron Vaux Of Variant Title(s): The Pleasures Of Thinking;content Subject(s): Contentment; Religion; Thought; Theology; Thinking OH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is snowing and death bugs me Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology OH ABSOLAM MY SON MY SON, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Even as I turned myself from you Last Line: What does the lord require Subject(s): Absalom; God; Religion; Theology OH, GOD, by MAY MCKEE Poem Text First Line: When I am dead Last Line: Locked in sacred solitude. Subject(s): God; Religion; Solitude; Theology; Loneliness OLD, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm afraid of needles Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology OLD DWARF HEART, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I lie down to love Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology OLD JOHN HENRY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old john's jes' made o' the commonest stuff Last Line: Old john henry! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Dreams; Faces; Religion; Nightmares; Theology OLD SARUM; LINES ON THE CONFERENCE OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AT SALISBURY, by ALICE COLBURN BEAL Poem Text First Line: Old sarum sleeps Last Line: And mostly we take tea. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Superficiality; Tradition; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology OLD-TIME RELIGION, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Give me that old-time religion Last Line: It's good enough for me Subject(s): Religion; Theology OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! For a closer walk with god Last Line: That leads me to the lamb. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology OLNEY HYMNS: 10. THE FUTURE PEACE AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hear what god the lord hath spoken Last Line: "god your everlasting light." Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology OLNEY HYMNS: 19. CONTENTMENT, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fierce passions discompose the mind Last Line: Have learned to be content. Subject(s): Bible; Contentment; Religion; Mind, The; Theology OLNEY HYMNS: 21. SARDIS, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Write to sardis,' saith the lord Last Line: "and woe be to the rest!" Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology OLNEY HYMNS: 30. THE LIGHT AND THE GLORY OF THE WORD, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The spirit breathes upon the word Last Line: In brighter worlds above. Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS, by WILLIAM COWPER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God moves in a mysterious way, / his wonders to perform Last Line: And he will make it plain. Variant Title(s): Providence;hymn: In A Mysterious Way;mysteries Of Providence Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology OM; A MEMORY, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Faint grew the yellow buds of light Last Line: And brahm looked from his shining eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Children; Hinduism; Religion; Childhood; Theology ON A NEW CHURCH, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A shallow chancel, scarce six feet by ten Last Line: The world's devotion by the chancel span. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology ON A ROCOCO CRUCIFIX, by JOHN BROOKS WHEELWRIGHT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Guarded by bursts of glory, golden rays Last Line: While god groaned in the dark night of his soul? Subject(s): Betrayal; Cavalry; Crucifixion; God; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Judah (bible); Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology ON A THEME BY THOMAS MERTON, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Adam, where are you?' Subject(s): God; Merton, Thomas (1915-1968); Religion; Theology ON A THEME FROM JULIAN'S CHAPTER 20, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Six hours outstretched in the sun, yes Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology ON ANOTHER'S SORROW, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Can I see another's woe Last Line: He doth sit by us and moan. Subject(s): Bible; Grief; Mythology; Religion; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology ON CHURCH COMMUNION, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Religion, church communion, or the way Last Line: A disposition so divinely right? Subject(s): Eucharist; Religion; Communion; Theology ON DEATH, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Why shouldst thou fear the death to come? Last Line: And make the parting less and less. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Mortality; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology ON EAGLES' WINGS (A VERSE FOR A PILOT), by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Supremely in his hand are you Last Line: And know you're not alone. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Aviation & Aviators; Religion; Airplanes; Air Pilots; Theology ON ENTERING A CHAPEL, by JOHN DAVIDSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love built this shrine; these hallowed walls uprose Last Line: Faith, hope, and love are thine, for thou hast prayed. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ON FALLING ASLEEP BY FIRELIGHT, by WILLIAM MEREDITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Around the fireplace, pointing at the fire Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Morris Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology ON HIMSELF, UPON HEARING WHAT WAS HIS SENTENCE, by JAMES GRAHAM (1612-1650) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let them bestow on every airth a limb Last Line: And confident thou'lt raise me with the just. Alternate Author Name(s): Montrose, 1st Marquis Of Variant Title(s): His Metrical Prayer;verses Composed On The Eve Of His Execution Subject(s): Bible; Capital Punishment; Montrose, 5th Earl & 1st Marquis Of; Religion; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Graham, James (1612-165); Theology ON READING THE POETRY OF A MYSTIC, by MARY SINTON LEITCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I hear a sound of waters; --not the combing Last Line: Dips in the liquid dusk a flaming wing. Subject(s): Mysticism; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Water; Theology ON RISING FROM THE DEAD, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Saturday noon: the morning of the mind Last Line: With dionysus, singing from the cross! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Morning; Religion; Resurrection, The; Waking; Women; Women's Rights; Theology; Feminism ON SEA AND LAND, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: One sobbing wave, above her fellows blest Last Line: Her god confessed. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology ON SEEING A THOUSAND SABBATH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PROCESSION, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What went ye out to see? Last Line: And reap thy full reward above! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Children; Christianity; God; Religion; Sabbath; Childhood; Theology; Sunday ON SUNDAY MORN, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: On sunday morn, down sacred aisle Last Line: On sunday morn! Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Public Worship; Religion; Sabbath; Male-female Relations; Church Attendance; Theology; Sunday ON THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In paul's conversion we discern the case Last Line: Not in man's reason but god's revelation. Subject(s): Conversion; Religion; Saints; Worship; Theology ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND'S CHILD, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Death never came so nigh to me before Last Line: Doth waken thy beloved with a kiss. Subject(s): Death - Children; Religion; Death - Babies; Theology ON THE DEATH OF AN AGED FRIEND, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You are not dead -- life has but set you free Last Line: You merely smiled to greet another friend! Subject(s): Death; Friendship; Future Life; Religion; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology ON THE DEATH OF DR. ROBERT LEVET, A PRACTISER IN PHYSIC, by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Condemned to hope's delusive mine, / as we toil from day to day Last Line: And freed his soul the nearest way. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson, Dr. Variant Title(s): Lines On The Death Of Mr. Levett;dr. Levett;the Quiet Life Subject(s): Bible; Death; Levet, Robert; Physicians; Religion; Dead, The; Doctors; Theology ON THE FORMING SUBSTANCE OF ORISHAS, by WILL ALEXANDER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like spectra glass Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology ON THE GROUND OF TRUE AND FALSE RELIGION, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Explain religion by a thousand schemes Last Line: From earth to heav'n, where god is all in all. Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Religion; Religious Discrimination; Belief; Creed; Theology; Religious Conflict ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: This is the month, and this the happy morn Last Line: From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology ON THE SANCTISSIMUM: 2. CRUX MUNDI, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not thee, ourselves on thee for cross, o lord Last Line: But o what blossoming beauty in the dry! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology ON THE SANCTISSIMUM: 3. AT COMMUNION, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Still must the implacable road lie dark and bare Last Line: Though still thy hid communion serves me best. Subject(s): Catholic Church - Clergy; Churches; Eucharist; Religion; Catholic Priests; Cathedrals; Communion; Theology ON THE SANCTISSIMUM: 4. AT A PROCESSION, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the now redeem us into now! Last Line: Yet time that is not now were but a dream. Subject(s): Churches; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology ON THE SECULARISTS' NOTION OF MAKING CHURCHES INTO MUSEUMS, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What noble work our seculars can do! Last Line: When pack'd and pinn'd to overlay the cross! Subject(s): Religion; Science; Theology; Scientists ON THE SETTING SUN (PRESERVED BY HIS SCHOOLMASTER), by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Those evening clouds, that setting ray Last Line: Who tinged these clouds with gold! Subject(s): Evening; Religion; Sunset; Twilight; Theology ON THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In pastures green? Not always; sometimes he Last Line: "why, in his wisdom, he hath led me so" Variant Title(s): He Leadeth Me Subject(s): Bible;religion; Theology ON THIS ISLAND, by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look, stranger, on this island now Alternate Author Name(s): Auden, W. H. Variant Title(s): "in This Island;seascape;""look, Stranger, At This Island Now""; Subject(s): Harbors; Islands; Religion; War; Theology ON TIME, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fly, envious time, till thou run out thy race Last Line: Triumphing over death, and chance, and thee o time. Subject(s): Religion; Time; Theology ON TRINITY SUNDAY (2), by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One god the father - certainly this term Last Line: Will find in their true, single hearts a place. Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Faith; Holy Ghost; Religion; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed; Holy Spirit; Theology ON WHITSUNDAY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus, ascended into heav'n again Last Line: Who hear this inward teacher and obey. Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Christianity; Jesus Christ; Religion; Disciples, Twelve; Theology ON WOMAN, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: May god be praised for woman / that gives up all her mind Last Line: That sheba led a dance. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Solomon (10th Century B.c.); Women; Theology ON WORKS OF MERCY AND COMPASSION; PROOFS OF TRUE RELIGION, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of true religion works of mercy seem Last Line: His love is heav'n; and want of it is hell. Subject(s): Mercy; Religion; Truth; Theology ONE CROWDED HOUR, FR. OLD MORTALITY, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Last Line: Is worth an age without a name. Variant Title(s): Song;clarion;answer Subject(s): Religion; Theology ONE SHORT HOUR, by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, what a change within us one short hour Last Line: And joy and strength and courage are with thee? Variant Title(s): Prayer;an Hour With Thee;the Power Of Prayer;in Thy Presence Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology ONE-EYE, TWO-EYES, THREE-EYES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Even in the pink crib Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ONE: 28, by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man who had fallen among thieves Alternate Author Name(s): Cummings, E. E. Subject(s): Bible; Good Samaritan; Religion; Theology ONLY WAITING, by FRANCES LAUGHTON MACE Poem Text First Line: Only waiting till the shadows Last Line: Tread its pathway to the skies. Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology ORIENT TO OCCIDENT, 1906, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You thought me sunk in lethargy, too deeply drugged with sleep Last Line: For you the ship's machinery, for me the guiding helm! Subject(s): Asia; Explorers; Religion; Sailing & Sailors; Sleep; War; Far East; East Asia; Orient; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Theology ORIGINAL SEQUENCE, by PHILIP BOOTH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Time was the apple adam ate Last Line: Stopped feet. He reached and wound the clock Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology ORISONS, by EDWIN MCNEILL POTEAT JR. Poem Text First Line: He placed a prayer wheel where the wild winds dance Last Line: But god stopped stars in flight an hour, and listened. Subject(s): Religion; Theology ORMULUM: DEDICATION, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "now, brother walter, brother mine" Last Line: To heavenly bliss be brought!' amen Subject(s): Religion; Theology OTHERS, by CHARLES D. MEIGS Poem Text First Line: Lord, help me live from day to day Last Line: That I may live like thee. Subject(s): Religion; Service; Theology OUR CHRIST, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In christ I feel the heart of god Last Line: Now are we his, and all is well. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology OUR COUNTRY, by ANNA LOUISE STRONG Poem Text First Line: To all who hope for freedom's gleam Last Line: The gray world's golden dawn. Alternate Author Name(s): Anise Subject(s): Religion; United States; Theology; America OUR DAILY BREAD, by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Back of the loaf is the snowy flour Last Line: And the sun, and the father's will. Variant Title(s): Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread' Subject(s): Religion; Theology OUR FATHER JACOB, by YEHUDA AMICHAI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our father jacob on the beaten track Last Line: For all that we know, he is still climbing there Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion; Theology OUR FATHER'S CARE, by IVA TEMPLE CARTWRIGHT Poem Text First Line: I wandered in a woodland Last Line: Safe, safe to the other side. Subject(s): Children; Forests; God; Religion; Childhood; Woods; Theology OUR GOD, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Our god is the god of the infinite Last Line: The god of eternity. Subject(s): Future Life; God; Holy Ghost; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Holy Spirit; Theology OUR MASTER, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Immortal love, forever full Last Line: And its obedience praise! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Theology OUR ONLY HOPE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: And will thy feet once more be set Last Line: Our only hope. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology OUR PATTERN, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A weaver sat one day at his loom Last Line: "at our pattern up above!" Subject(s): Religion; Weaving & Weavers; Theology OUR PRAYER, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou that hast given so much to me Last Line: Thy praise. Variant Title(s): Gratefulness;a Heart To Praise Thee Subject(s): Gratitude; Prayer; Religion; Theology OUR PRAYER OF THANKS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For the gladness here where the sun is shining at evening Last Line: Our prayer of thanks. Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology OURS IS A FAITH, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "taught by no priest, but by our beating hearts" Last Line: That makes the many one Variant Title(s): Faith To Each Other Subject(s): Brotherhood;religion; Theology OUT IN THE FIELDS [WITH GOD], by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The little cares that fretted me Last Line: Out in the fields with god. Variant Title(s): Cares Subject(s): Fields; Religion; Pastures; Meadows; Leas; Theology OUT IN THE FIELDS [WITH GOD], by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The little cares that fretted me Last Line: Out in the fields with god. Variant Title(s): A Song From Sylvan Subject(s): Fields; Religion; Pastures; Meadows; Leas; Theology OUT OF BOUNDS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A little boy of heavenly birth Last Line: Join in to get him back his ball! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology OUT OF DARKNESS, LIGHT, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: From this dread sowing, grant us harvest, lord Last Line: And out of darkness, light. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology OUT OF THE SHADOW, by MARGARET FAIRLESS BARBER Poem Text First Line: Out of the shadow of the night Last Line: The centre of all mystery! Alternate Author Name(s): Fairless, Michael Subject(s): Catholics; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Religion; Roman Catholics; Catholicism; Nativity, The; Theology OUT OF THE VAST, by AUGUSTUS WRIGHT BAMBERGER Poem Text First Line: There's a part of the sun in the apple Last Line: To every living thing. Variant Title(s): Each Part Of All Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology OVERSOUL, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The east was crowned with snow-cold bloom Last Line: To adoration silently? Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Variant Title(s): Krishna Subject(s): Religion; Theology PARACELSUS: 1. PARACEI SUS ASPIRES, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come close to me, dear friends; still closer; thus! Last Line: Fest. We wait you when you rise! Subject(s): Autumn; Religion; Seasons; Fall; Theology PARACELSUS: 2. PARACELSUS ATTAINS, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over the waters in the varporous west Last Line: I have attained, and now I may depart. Subject(s): Autumn; Religion; Seasons; Fall; Theology PARACELSUS: 3. PARACELSUS, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Heap logs and let the blaze laugh out! Last Line: Will you not call me to your side, dear aureole? Subject(s): Autumn; Religion; Seasons; Fall; Theology PARLEY OF BEASTS, by CHRISTOPHER MURRAY GRIEVE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Auld noah was at hame wi' them a' Alternate Author Name(s): Macdiarmid, Hugh Subject(s): Animals; Bible; Love; Religion; Theology PARSON GRAY, by OLIVER GOLDSMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A quiet home had parson gray Last Line: His breath he could not draw! Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology PASCHAL, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Easter was the old north Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology PAST AND PRESENT, by THOMAS HOOD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I remember, I remember, / the house where I was born Last Line: Than when I was a boy. Variant Title(s): The Old House At Home;i Remember;stanzas Subject(s): Aging; Children; Memory; Religion; Time; Childhood; Theology PAST THINKING OF SOLOMON, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wise - unto - hell ecclesiast Last Line: Now we say: they please me not. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Solomon (10th Century B.c.); Theology PATIENCE, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She hath no beauty in her face Last Line: Talk with the angels unaware! Subject(s): Patience; Religion; Theology PATIENCE TAUGHT BY NATURE, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O dreary life,' we cry, 'o dreary life!' Last Line: Grows by, contented through the heat and cold. Subject(s): Nature; Patience; Religion; Theology PAUL, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Bond-slave to christ, and in my bonds rejoicing Last Line: Unsealed his eyes to that he had not known. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Paul, Saint (1st Century); Religion; Saul Of Tarsus; Theology PAX, by JOSEPH FRANCIS CARLIN MACDONNELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our father who, in clay Last Line: August almighty god! Alternate Author Name(s): Carlin, Francis Subject(s): God; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology PEACE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Peace in our time, o lord Last Line: Of all men everywhere! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Peace; Prayer; Religion; Theology PEACE, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When will you ever, peace, wild wooddove, shy wings shut Last Line: He comes to brood and sit. Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology PEACE, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They all shall pass: the radiant days Last Line: O god, our home, our peace in thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Theology PEACE, by AAGOT UELAND Poem Text First Line: My cottonwoods silver leaves whispering against the light blue sky Last Line: Clouds in the west, peace -- god's peace. Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology PEACE, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With eager heart and will on fire Last Line: And in that moment peace was won. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology PEACE IN THE WORLD, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God send us wit to banish far Last Line: And feel the wafting of her wings. Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology PEACE ON EARTH, by ROBERT FREEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The men of the earth said: 'we must war' Last Line: "the saviour of men, he answered, ""why?" Variant Title(s): Why Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology PELAGIUS, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sea shall praise him and the shores bear part Last Line: In every likeness of a little child. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Mankind; Religion; Sea; Soul; Human Race; Theology; Ocean PENITENTIAL PSALM, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love to give law unto his subject hearts Last Line: With tender heart, lo, thus to god he sings: Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology PER ARDUA AD ASTRA, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Lift me, o god, above myself Last Line: And climb thy loftier way. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology PER PACEM AD LUCEM, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I do not ask, o lord, that life may be Last Line: Through peace to light. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Variant Title(s): Through Peace To Light Subject(s): Religion; Theology PEREGRINUS, by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Much bruit have I about the world, and fame Last Line: Death of peregrinus. Subject(s): Religion; Theology PETITION, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: O grant me this Last Line: So shall the work be blest. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology PHILOSOPHER'S GARDEN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: See this my garden Last Line: Thoughts that aspire. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Religion; Theology PICTURE OF A NATIVITY, by GEOFFREY HILL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sea-preserved, heaped with sea-spoils Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology PIED BEAUTY, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Glory be to god for dappled things Last Line: Praise him. Subject(s): Beauty; Christianity; Environment; Fields; God; Language; Men; Nature; Religion; Worship; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Pastures; Meadows; Leas; Words; Vocabulary; Theology PIED BEAUTY, by STANLEY J. SHARPLESS Poem Text First Line: Glory be to god for hopkins' verse Last Line: Praise him! Subject(s): God; Hopkins, Gerard Manley (1844-1889); Poetry & Poets; Praise; Religion; Theology PINDARIC ODE: THE RESURRECTION, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not winds to voyagers at sea Last Line: But flings writer and reader too that sits not sure. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology PIPPA PASSES, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Day! / faster and more fast Last Line: [she sleeps. Variant Title(s): Asolo;day!;good Morning;sunrise Subject(s): Love; Religion; Spring; Theology PISGAH SIGHTS, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over the ball of it Last Line: Star that now sparklest! Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology PLEASURE AND SORROW, by ROBERT BROWNING HAMILTON Poem Text First Line: I walked a mile with pleasure Last Line: When sorrow walked with me! Variant Title(s): Along The Road Subject(s): Religion; Theology POEM ROCKET, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Science; Religion; Scientists; Theology POEM: 7, by LAURENCE MINOT Poem Text First Line: Men may rede in romance right Last Line: With his men bifor calays toune. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; France; Religion; War; Theology POMP'S DEFENSE, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I stole dem breeches, I 'knowledge de corn Last Line: Ter steal dem breeches ter be baptize' in. Subject(s): African Americans; Baptism; Religion; Negroes; American Blacks; Christenings; Theology POOR LIL' BRACK SHEEP, by ETHEL M. C. BRAZELTON Poem Text First Line: Poor lil' brack sheep dat stray'd away Last Line: An' de lil' brack sheep -- is me! Subject(s): Religion; Sheep; Theology PORTRAIT OF AN OLD CATHEDRAL, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What vigor raised those spires; what joyful hand Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Religion; Theology PORTRAIT OF AN OLD WOMAN ON THE COLLEGE TAVERN WALL, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Oh down at the tavern Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology POTTER'S FIELD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas purchased with his blood, this holy ground Last Line: In all the world whereon to lay his head. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Cemeteries; Religion; Graveyards; Theology PRAISE IN SUMMER, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Obscurely yet most surely called to praise Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Summer; Theology PRAYER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Tis not the length of time we stay Last Line: To the heart of him who bears us. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology PRAYER, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Great jehovah, loving father Last Line: We shall see thee face to face. Subject(s): Fathers; Holy Ghost; Religion; Trinity, The; Holy Spirit; Theology PRAYER, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I kneel not now to pray that thou Last Line: For what I have not been. Variant Title(s): Thanks;a Prayer Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology PRAYER (1), by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Prayer, the church's banquet, angels' age Last Line: The land of spices, something understood. Subject(s): Christianity; Prayer; Religion; Theology PRAYER AT SUNRISE, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O mighty, powerful, dark-dispelling sun Last Line: Great father of the sun, I ask this much. Subject(s): Religion; Theology PRAYER FOR A NEW MOTHER, by DOROTHY PARKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The things she knew, let her forget again Alternate Author Name(s): Rothschild, Dorothy Subject(s): Religion; Theology PRAYER FOR STRENGTH, by MARGARET E. BRUNER Poem Text First Line: Though I should be maligned by those Last Line: All bitterness. This is my prayer. Subject(s): Religion; Vengeance; Theology PRAYER FOR STRENGTH; EVENTIDE, by FREDERIC ROWLAND MARVIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Through visions of the night and toils of day Last Line: Le me forevermore abide with thee. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Strength; Theology PRAYER FOR THIS HOUSE, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: May nothing evil cross this door Last Line: And hold love in. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Religion; Theology PRAYER IN APRIL, by SARA HENDERSON HAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God grant that I may never be Last Line: Can I distrust eternity? Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology PRAYER OF AN UNEMPLOYED MAN, by W. C. ACKERLY Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: Here in the quiet of my room Last Line: Abide with me and be my friend. Subject(s): Religion; Unemployment; Theology PRAYER OF COLUMBUS, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A batter'd, wreck'd old man Last Line: And anthems in new tongues I hear saluting me. Subject(s): Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); Explorers; Religion; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Theology PRAYER OF SERVICE, by MABEL A. HANSON Poem Text First Line: Grant me the grace to feel Last Line: Their bitter night to day. Subject(s): Churches; Prayer; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology PRAYER OF THE UNEMPLOYED, by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, I do not ask for houses of steel Last Line: Work for these hands to do. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Unemployment; Theology PRAYER THAT AN INFANT MAY NOT DIE, by FRANCIS JAMMES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, spare to them this very little child Last Line: You live forever at your mother's side. Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Prayer; Religion; Theology PRAYERS, by HENRY CHARLES BEECHING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God who created me Last Line: Take my spirit to thee. Variant Title(s): A Boy's Prayer Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology PRAYERS, by FLORA SHUFELT RIVOLA Poem Text First Line: I used to try to bring god near Last Line: I thought I had laid by. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology PRAYING DRUNK, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our father who art in heaven, I am praying drunk Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology PRAYING ON A 707, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother, / each time I talk to god Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology PRAYING TO BIG JACK, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God, jack of all trades Last Line: And you banish all the world Subject(s): God; Religion; Prayer; Theology PRAYING WITH GEORGE HERBERT IN LATE WINTER, by TOM ANDREWS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: In fits and starts, lord Subject(s): Herbert, George (1593-1633); Prayer; Religion; Theology PREPAPATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 7, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy human frame, my glorious lord, I spy Last Line: Thy bottle make my soule, lord, it to hold. Subject(s): Bible; Puritans In Literature; Religion; Theology PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 8, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I kenning through astronomy divine Last Line: Eate, eate me, soul, and thou shalt never dy. Variant Title(s): I Am The Living Bread;sacramental Meditations: 8 Subject(s): Bible; Puritans In Literature; Religion; Theology PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 3, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like to the marigold, I blushing close Last Line: Shall be the psalms sung forth in gracious layes. Subject(s): Bible; Puritans In Literature; Religion; Theology PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 77, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A state, a state, oh! Dungeon state indeed Last Line: Whose strings toucht by this grace, will twang thy praise. Subject(s): Bible; Puritans In Literature; Religion; Theology PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 79, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Had I promethius' filching ferula Last Line: My well belov'de is mine: I'm his become. Subject(s): Puritans In Literature; Religion; Sherlock, William (1641-1707); Theology PRETENSE, by LOUISE MOSS MONTGOMERY Poem Text First Line: There is no atheism. Men avow Last Line: And love itself is partially a prayer. Subject(s): Religion; Theology PRIVATE AND PROFANE, by MARIE PONSOT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: From loss of the old and lack of the new Subject(s): Religion; Philosophy & Philosophers; Art & Artists; Writing & Writers; Conduct Of Life; Theology PROBLEM AND ANSWER, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER Poem Text First Line: To conjure life into a lonely waste Last Line: And solve the subtle trick with more than sleep. Subject(s): Creation; Death; God; Religion; Dead, The; Theology PROBLEM IN A MATH BOOK, by YEHUDA AMICHAI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I remember a problem in a math book Last Line: And know what I did well and what I did not fo. Amen Subject(s): Growth; Man-woman Relationships; Maturity; Religion; Male-female Relations; Theology PRODIGAL, by ELLEN GILBERT Poem Text First Line: Like a bird that trails a broken wing Last Line: And hide me from the past. Subject(s): Religion; Theology PROFIT AND LOSS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Profit? - loss? / who shall declare this good - that ill? Last Line: And calls them one. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology PROGRESS, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The master stood upon the mount, and taught Last Line: The friend of man desires' Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology PROMISES: 3. GOLD GLADE, by ROBERT PENN WARREN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wandering, in autumn, the woods of boyhood Subject(s): Religion; Theology PROOF, by ETHEL ROMIG FULLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If radio's slim fingers can pluck a melody Last Line: Why should mortals wonder if god hears prayer? Variant Title(s): God Hears Prayer Subject(s): Prayer; Radio; Religion; Theology PROPS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Earthly props are useless Last Line: O, give me all! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology PROSPICE, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat Last Line: And with god be the rest! Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology PROTESTANT EASTER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When he was a little boy Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology PROVIDE, PROVIDE, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The witch that came (the withered hag) Subject(s): Bible; Fame; Old Age; Religion; Transience; Reputation; Theology; Impermanence PSALM 103, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Bless the lord, o my soul Last Line: More. Bless thou the lord, o my soul. Praise ye the lord. Subject(s): Religion; Theology PSALM 104: THE MAJESTY AND MERCY OF GOD, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Oh, worship the king all glorious above Last Line: With true adoration shall lisp to thy praise. Subject(s): Christianity; God; Religion; Theology PSALM 127, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: The house jehova builds not Last Line: Shall unto him be dreadfull. Subject(s): Religion; Sleep; Theology PSALM 136, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: Let us with a gladsome mind Last Line: Ever faithful, ever sure. Subject(s): Freedom; Religion; Liberty; Theology PSALM 23. THE SHEPHERD'S PSALM, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: The lord is my shepherd; I shall not want Last Line: Will dwell in the house of the lord for ever. Subject(s): Religion; Theology PSALM 8. MAN'S PLACE IN CREATION, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: O lord our lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth Last Line: O lord our lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Variant Title(s): A Psalm Of Praise;the Psalm Of David;the Praise Of God Subject(s): Religion; Theology PSALM XLII, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With fierce desire the hunted hart Last Line: My health, my life, my god! Subject(s): God; Religion; Salvation; Theology PSALM: 1, by JOSEPH HALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who hath not walkt astray Last Line: Runs to decay. Subject(s): God; Religion; Sin; Trees; Theology PSALM: 2, by JOSEPH HALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why do the gentils tumults make Last Line: That do on him their trust repose. Subject(s): Fear; Gentility; God; Nations; Religion; Theology PSALM: 3, by ALLEN GINSBERG Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: To god: to illuminate all men. Beginning with skid road Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology PSALM: 4, by JOSEPH HALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou witness of my truth sincere Last Line: From dangers all securely keep. Subject(s): God; Hearts; Hope; Peace; Religion; Soul; Truth; Optimism; Theology PSALM: 5, by JOSEPH HALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bow downe thine eare Last Line: As with a shield him guard. Subject(s): Evil; God; Israel; Religion; Sin; Theology PSALM: 7, by JOSEPH HALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On thee, o lord my god, relyes Last Line: And tell of all his righteousnesse. Subject(s): Death; Enemies; Fear; God; Life; Religion; Soul; Dead, The; Theology PSALMS OF THE SEA: THE CONVERT, by EVERETT BOSTON Poem Text First Line: The lord is my shepherd on the meadows of the sea Last Line: In the short leisure and simple words of the sea. Subject(s): Religion; Sea; Theology; Ocean PSYCHE AND THE GOD, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who is with me? Last Line: And at the centre, love revealed. Subject(s): Flowers; Love; Religion; Theology PURIFICATION, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From flame to snow Last Line: Wherever he may go. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology PURPOSE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Deeply and long the sap must flow Last Line: Reach the stars before they are done! Subject(s): Religion; Theology PYRAMIDS, by LLOYD FRANK MERRELL Poem Text First Line: We build our pyramids of human stone Last Line: In building christ's own pyramid of sharing? Subject(s): Pyramids; Religion; Theology QUESTION, by LEXIE DEAN ROBERTSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is the lovely mystery of trees Last Line: Or barren wintry limbs ask alms of god? Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology QUESTIONS OF LIFE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A bending staff I would not break Last Line: The eternal beauty new and old! Subject(s): Life; Religion; Theology QUIET FROM GOD! IT COMETH NOT TO STILL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: She may speak peace to them Subject(s): Religion; Theology QUIET THINGS, by I. W. Poem Text First Line: I thank the lord for quiet things Last Line: Of lonely pools and streams. Subject(s): Religion; Serenity; Theology QUO VADIS?, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Peter, outworn, / and menaced by the sword Last Line: On christ, the lord. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology RABBI BEN EZRA, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Grow old along with me! Last Line: Let age approve of youth, and death complete the same! Subject(s): Aging; Jews; Religion; Worship; Judaism; Theology RACCOON, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Coon, why did you come to this dance Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology RAPHAEL, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I shall not soon forget that sight Last Line: Man's works shall follow him! Subject(s): Raphael (1483-1520); Religion; Theology RAPUNZEL, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A woman / who loves a woman Subject(s): Fairy Tales; God; Religion; Theology RATS LIVE ON NO EVIL STAR, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After adam broke his rib in two Last Line: Like a watermelon Subject(s): God; Religion; Rats; Theology RAVENESQUE, by DAVID ST. JOHN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I dreamt a golden snake Subject(s): Animals; Dreams; Religion; Snakes; Nightmares; Theology; Serpents; Vipers RE-ROOTING, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We were trying to put the roots back Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology READING, DREAMING, HIDING, by KELLY CHERRY Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: You were reading. I was dreaming Subject(s): Books; Literary Form; Man-woman Relationships; Milosz, Czeslaw (1911-2004)); Religion; Women's Rights; Reading; Male-female Relations; Theology; Feminism REAL PRESENCE, by IVAN ADAIR Poem Text First Line: Not on an altar shall mine eyes behold thee Last Line: My god ... My brother-man. Subject(s): Religion; Theology REALIZING THE FUTILITY OF LIFE; WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF A PRIEST'S CELL, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ever since the time when I was a lusty boy Last Line: That very striving will make one's error more. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Zen Buddhism; Theology REBECCA'S HYMN, FR. IVANHOE, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When israel, of the lord beloved Last Line: "are mine accepted sacrifice ." Variant Title(s): Hebrew Hymn;hymn Of The Hebrew Maid Subject(s): Bible; Jews; Religion; Worship; Judaism; Theology RECESSIONAL, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God of our fathers, known of old Last Line: Thy mercy on thy people, lord! Variant Title(s): Lest We Forget! Subject(s): Faith; God; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Humanity; Imperialism; Patriotism; Prayer; Religion; Soldiers; Wealth; Belief; Creed; British Empire; England - Empire; Theology; Riches; Fortunes RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY; OR, TURF AND TOWERS: PART 2, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Monsieur leonce miranda, then, ... But stay! Last Line: Meanwhile, no separation of the pair! Subject(s): Normandy, France; Death; Sex; Obsessions; Guilt; Religion; Suicide; Dead, The; Theology RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY; OR, TURF AND TOWERS: PART 3, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And so slipt pleasantly away five years Last Line: Look at it for a moment while I breathe. Subject(s): Normandy, France; Death; Sex; Obsessions; Guilt; Religion; Suicide; Dead, The; Theology RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY; OR, TURF AND TOWERS: PART 4, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ready to hear the rest? How good you are! Last Line: And stand all ready for morn's joy a-blush? Subject(s): Normandy, France; Death; Sex; Obsessions; Guilt; Religion; Suicide; Dead, The; Theology RED ROSES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Tommy is three and when he's bad Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology REFLECTIONS, by EDNA BECKER Poem Text First Line: Stars lie broken on a lake Last Line: I must be still. Subject(s): Religion; Theology REFUSING HEAVEN, by JACK GILBERT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The old women in black at early mass in winter Subject(s): Religion; Theology REGENERATION, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A ward, and still in bonds, one day Last Line: "and let me die before my death!" Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Redemption; Religion; Theology RELIGIO LAICI; OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH, by JOHN DRYDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars Last Line: Tom sternhold's, or tom sha--ll's rhymes will serve. Variant Title(s): Finite Reason;reason And Revelation;reason And The Soul;religio Laici, Or, A Layman's Faith: A Poem Subject(s): Anglican Church; Faith; Protestantism; Religion; Translating & Interpreting; Belief; Creed; Theology RELIGION, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am no priest of crooks nor creeds Last Line: Help them to rise -- and heaven is found. Subject(s): Religion; Theology RELIGION, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To learn the secret of the silent grass Last Line: The life that lasts, tho' I and all men die. Subject(s): Earth; Flowers; Life; Love; Religion; Secrets; World; Theology RELIGION, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: My heart is dead to love,' I said Last Line: I knelt in fervent love of god. Subject(s): God; Introspection; Love; Religion; Theology RELIGION; AN ESSAY IN COUPLETS, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What blesses yet is difficult Last Line: This -- goodness: worship -- the result. Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Religion; Worship; Theology RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One size fits all. The shape or coloration Subject(s): Religion; Theology RELIGIOUS ISOLATION, TO A REPUBLICAN FRIEND, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Children (as such forgive them) have I known Last Line: Live by thy light, and earth will live by hers. Subject(s): Religion; Theology RELIGIOUS MUSINGS; A DESULTORY POEM, WRITTEN ON CHRISTMAS EVE, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the time, when most divine to hear Last Line: Flows to the ray and warbles as it flows. Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology REMARKS ON DR. MIDDLETON'S EXAMINATION ... USE AND INTENT OF PROPHECY, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This passage, sir, which has engag'd of late Last Line: If granted, find him in a better state! Subject(s): Middleton, Conyers (1683-1750); Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Theology REMINDER, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Each star to rise and shine and fade Last Line: Within me -- of one flame are made! Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology RENASCENCE, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All I could see from where I stood Last Line: Will cave in on him by and by. Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology RENUNCIATION, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: No man hath gain'd soul-mastery, without Last Line: Widens life's whole horizon to his sight. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Life; Religion; Theology REPLY, by JANET NORRIS BANGS Poem Text First Line: Man prayed his way up from the beast Last Line: Unto the way! Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology REPOSE OF A HOLY FAMILY; FROM AN OLD ITALIAN PICTURE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under a palm-tree, by the green, old nile Last Line: Before the suffering and the lowly, down. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Religion; Theology REQUESTS, by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I asked for peace Last Line: Within thy heart to be. Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth Subject(s): Redemption; Religion; Theology REQUIEM FOR A CROESUS, by LEW SARETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To him the moon was a silver dollar spun Last Line: With pennies on his eyes. Subject(s): Moon; Religion; Stars; Sun; Theology REQUIREMENT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We live by faith; but faith is not the slave Last Line: Firm-rooted in the faith that god is good. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology RESIGNATION, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is no flock, however watched and tendered Last Line: The grief that must have way. Subject(s): Consolation; Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology RESIGNATION (1), by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O thou who dry'st the mourner's tear Last Line: We never saw by day! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Variant Title(s): God The True Source Of Consolation;prayer Subject(s): Religion; Theology RESURGAM, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We doubted our god in secret Last Line: The living truth shall rise! Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Truth; Theology RESURRECTION EVE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He resteth: weep not Last Line: That he inherits. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Life; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology RESURRECTION, IMPERFECT, by JOHN DONNE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sleep, sleep old sun, thou canst not have repast Last Line: Desunt coetera. Variant Title(s): Resurrection Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Resurrection, The; Theology RETALIATION, by JAMES CHRISTIAN LINDBERG Poem Text First Line: A foolish hermit closed his doors and said Last Line: Shuts out much more of god than he shuts in. Subject(s): God; Religion; Sin; Theology RETURN, by PORTIA MARTIN Poem Text First Line: I heard god singing Last Line: Singing in the dusk. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology RETURN!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: We pray / lord christ, come down again Last Line: Return! Return! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology REVAMPING THE VIRGIN, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How green the grass looks on the other side Last Line: To get it right this time and have a girl. Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology REVELATION, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We make ourselves a place apart Last Line: Must speak and tell us where they are. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology REVELATION, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I made a pilgrimage to find the god Last Line: Saw his bright hand send signals from the suns. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology RHEIMS, by ALFRED E. LONGWEIL Poem Text First Line: Under the thresh of an iron rain Last Line: Oh, the cardinal prays! Subject(s): Clergy; God; Prayer; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology RHYME FOR HOLY SATURDAY, by JAMES MONAHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This morning father blake / will bless us all Last Line: Will bless us all. Subject(s): Clergy; Easter; Holidays; Religion; Worship; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; The Resurrection; Theology RIDING THE ELEVATOR INTO THE SKY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As the fireman said Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology RITE, by HENRY DUMAS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vodu green clinching his waist, Subject(s): Religion; Theology ROAD-HYMN FOR THE START, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Leave the early bells at chime Last Line: But upon our lifted foreheads pours the boon of endless quest. Subject(s): Religion; Wandering & Wanderers; Theology ROAD-MATES, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: From deepest depth, o lord, I cry to thee Last Line: "for this I came -- to bear you company." Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology ROADSIDE POEMS: THE SHADOWS, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My little boy, with smooth, fair cheeks Last Line: Those shadows, lord, for thee! Subject(s): Children; God; Religion; Shadows; Childhood; Theology ROCHESTER EXTEMPORE, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And after singing psalm the twelfth Last Line: "I am a rascal, that thou know'st!" Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology ROCK OF AGES', by EDWARD H. RICE Poem Text First Line: Rock of ages, cleft for me,' / thoughtlessly the maiden sang Last Line: "let me hide myself in thee." Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: KING DAVID, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Despots smiling yield their breath Last Line: "that said joab's brains to scatter." Subject(s): David (d. 962 B.c.); Death; Religion; Slavery; Solomon (10th Century B.c.); Dead, The; Theology; Serfs ROMANCERO: BOOK 1. HISTORIES: THE NUNS, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who at night the convent walls Last Line: O'er the keys are wildly straying. Subject(s): Churches; Faces; Love; Nuns; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology ROSES IN DECEMBER, by GEOFFREY ANKETELL STUDDERT-KENNEDY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God gave his children memory Last Line: Forgive, when I remember. Alternate Author Name(s): Willie, Woodbine Subject(s): Religion; Theology RUGBY CHAPEL, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Coldly, sadly descends Last Line: On, to the city of god. Subject(s): Religion; Theology RUINS REBUILT, by ADOLPH BOCK Poem Text First Line: God said, 'let there be light!' and lo! Last Line: Behold, humanity come forth to pray. Subject(s): Creation; Death; God; Heaven; Humanity; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology RULES AND LESSONS, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When first thy eyes [eies] unveil, give thy soul leave Last Line: For chains of darkness and eternal nights? Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Religion; Theology RUMPELSTILTSKIN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Inside many of us Subject(s): Doppelgangers; Fairy Tales; God; Religion; Theology SABBATHS: 1985 I, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not again in this flesh will I see Last Line: Is here, shaping the seasons of his wild will Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology SABBATHS: 1985 III, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Awaked from the persistent dream Last Line: We are all praising, praying to the light we are, but cannot know Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology SACRED SONG, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The turf shall be my fragrant shrine Last Line: Thy touch shall turn all bright again! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology SACRIFICE, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though love repine, and reason chafe Last Line: When for the truth he ought to die.' Variant Title(s): The Safest Way Subject(s): Courage; Religion; Valor; Bravery; Theology SACRIFICE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: There are no heights we may not reach Last Line: It came and joined me on the height! Subject(s): Desire; Religion; Theology SAFE AND SANE, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My theology, briefly Last Line: But not signed. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Religion; Universe; Theology SAID THE POET TO THE ANALYST, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My business is words. Words are like labels Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology SAINT CHRISTOPHER, by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Carry me across' Last Line: To carry thee across. Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria Subject(s): Christopher, Christoper (3d Century); Religion; Theology SAINT FRANCIS TO THE BIRDS, by THOMAS WALSH Poem Text First Line: Birds, - birds of the air Last Line: Forgetful of the little worm and mole! Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Animals; Birds; Francis Assisi, Saint (1181-1226); God; Religion; Saints; Theology SAINT HUBERT OF GAMBAISEUIL, by PAUL FORT Poem Text First Line: Of school I'd need an overplus, more lore than is assumed ad lib by a Last Line: Ambrosia may the gods deny to him who finds his art a task. Subject(s): Churches; Love; Religion; Schools; Cathedrals; Theology; Students SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What great apostle, / when the christ rose Last Line: And himself appears. Subject(s): Mary Magdalen; Religion; Saints; Women - Bible; Mary Magdalene; Theology SAINT MICHAEL, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was a motion within deity Last Line: The twelve huge ships of the moving zodiac. Subject(s): Michael, The Archangel; Religion; Saints; Michael, Saint; Theology SAINT NAZAIRE, by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY Poem Text First Line: The church at carcassone is filled with ghosts Last Line: With the dust of stars forever and forever. Subject(s): Churches; Ghosts; Prayer; Religion; Saints; Supernatural; Cathedrals; Theology SAINT PAUL: 1, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Christ! I am christ's! And let the name suffice you Last Line: Less than the love wherewith I ache for souls. Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Paul, Saint (1st Century); Religion; Saul Of Tarsus; Theology SAINT TERESA'S BOOK-MARK, by THERESA OF AVILA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let nothing disturb thee Last Line: Alone god sufficeth. Alternate Author Name(s): Teresa Of Avila; Teresa Of Jesus; Teresa De Avila Variant Title(s): Lines Written In Her Breviary;who God Possesseth;santa Teresa's Book-mark Subject(s): Consolation; God; Religion; Theology SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. Poem Text First Line: The lord of all the lore that man had found Last Line: Unveil the hidden beauty of his face. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Saints; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology SAINT THOMAS IN INDIA, by NEWMAN HOWARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Christ risen, commanded thomas, saying 'begone! Last Line: "take this!"" he said, ""I yield my crown to christ." Subject(s): Death; India; Religion; Saints; Singing & Singers; Slavery; Dead, The; Theology; Songs; Serfs SAINTS AND STRANGERS: 1. AT THE PIANO, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: One night two hunters, drunk, came in the tent Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology SAINTS AND STRANGERS: 4. LOOSE CHANGE, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: We'd sip our water and wait till supper came Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology SALSETTE AND ELEPHANTA, by JOHN RUSKIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis eve -- and o'er the face of parting day Last Line: And seeks redemption from the incarnate god. Subject(s): Elephanta Caves, India; Hinduism; Religion; Salsette (island), India; Sculpture & Sculptors; Theology SALVATOR MUNDI: VIA CRUCIS, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maybe he looked indeed / much as rembrandt envisioned him Subject(s): Christianity; God; Religion; Theology SAMSON AGONISTES, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A little onward lend thy guiding hand Last Line: And calm of mind all passion spent. Subject(s): Courage; Freedom; Religion; Samson; Valor; Bravery; Liberty; Theology SAMSON TO HIS DALILAH, by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Could not once blinding me, cruel, suffice? Last Line: When first I look'd on thee, I lost mine eyes. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology SAN BORONDON, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Saint brandan, a scotch abbot, long ago Last Line: Whose boundless deep we name eternity. Subject(s): Brendan, Saint (484-578); Death; Future Life; Religion; Soul; Brendan Of Clonfert; Brandan, Saint; Brandon, Saint; Brennainn, Saint; Brendan The Voyager; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology SAN MICHELE DI PAGANA, by ANNE GOODWIN WINSLOW Poem Text First Line: Why light your candles on a day like this Last Line: His sins all unforgiven! Subject(s): Religion; Saints; Theology SANCTUARY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Mid all the traffic of the ways Last Line: Than any is aware. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology SAUL, by ROBERT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said abner, 'at last thou art come! Ere I tell, ere thou speak Last Line: "e'en so, it is so!" Subject(s): Religion; Saul (11th Century B.c.); Theology SAVING LOVE, by WHITLEY STOKES Poem Text First Line: Methought I stood before the face of god Last Line: Our sister makes us dearer than we were' (59). Subject(s): Angels; Religion; Theology SAY NOT, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Say not the struggle nought availeth Last Line: But westward, look, the land is bright. Variant Title(s): Courage;despondency Rebuked;the Incoming Tide;keeping On;hope Subject(s): Consolation; Courage; Freedom; Hope; Perseverance; Religion; Valor; Bravery; Liberty; Optimism; Theology SAY YES QUICKLY, by JALAL AD-DIN (JALALUDDIN) AR-RUMI Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Forget your life. Say god is great. Get up Alternate Author Name(s): Mawlana; Rumi, Jalaluddin Molavi; Rumi; Dschellaleddin Pumi; Hilali Subject(s): Men; Religion; Theology SCORN NOT THE LEAST, by ROBERT SOUTHWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When [or, where] words are weak, and foes encountering strong Last Line: Yet grass is green when flowers do fade away. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SCOTCH DRINK, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let other poets raise a fracas Last Line: Directs thee best. Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Bible; Religion; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse; Theology SCULPTOR OF THE SOUL, by TOYOHIKO KAGAWA Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As the sculptor devotes himself to wood and stone Last Line: And made a molten cast of god's portrait on his own flesh. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Sculpture & Sculptors; Theology SCULPTURE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I took a piece of plastic clay Last Line: "he still that early impress bore, / and I could change it, nevermore" Subject(s): Clay;mankind;religion; Human Race;theology SECOND BEST, by RUPERT BROOKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here in the dark, o heart Last Line: O heart, in the great dawn! Subject(s): Religion; Soldiers' Writings; Theology SELF IN 1958, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is reality Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology SELF-INQUIRY, by ISAAC WATTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let not soft slumber close my eyes Last Line: That leads to virtue and to god. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SENSE AND SPIRIT, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The senses loving earth or well or ill Last Line: To read her own and trust her down to death. Subject(s): Religion; Spiritual Life; Theology SEQUEL TO FINALITY, by PATRICK F. KIRBY Poem Text First Line: They drove the hammered nails into his hands Last Line: Unseen one rode, who had been crucified. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SERVICE, by WASHINGTON GLADDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O master let me walk with thee Last Line: With thee, o master, let me live! Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology SERVICES, by CARL RAKOSI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a man in the land of ur Last Line: For those who felt deeply Alternate Author Name(s): Rawley, Callmann Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology SETTLING THE PLAINS (1), by WALTER ROBERT MCDONALD Poet's Biography First Line: For here and for the afterlife Alternate Author Name(s): Mcdonald, Walt Subject(s): Prairies - Texas; Religion; Plains - Texas; Theology SEVEN STANZAS AT EASTER, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Make no mistake if he rose at all Last Line: And crushed by remonstrance Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology SEX IN HISTORY, by THOMAS LUX Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only the pope partook, the cardinals, priests, monks Last Line: Was hitting what he made Subject(s): History; Religion; Sex; Historians; Theology SHADOWS, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Text First Line: I am here, the other elsewhere, the silence seems to live Last Line: I must pray, for it is the hour of the sovereign of the world. Subject(s): Night; Prayer; Religion; Shadows; Silence; Bedtime; Theology SHARING EVE'S APPLE, by JOHN KEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O blush not so! O blush not so Last Line: O cut the sweet apple and share it! Variant Title(s): Eve's Sweet Pipin Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Apples; Bible; Fruit; Religion; Eve; Theology SHEBUOTH, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO Poem Text First Line: From dim, dark ages of the past Last Line: The law, to them, was sent from heaven. Subject(s): God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While this america settles in the mould of its vulgarity Last Line: God, when he walked on earth Subject(s): United States; Social Commentary; Religion; United States; America; Theology; America SHORTENED LIVES, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: To us it seemed his life was too soon done Last Line: The steadfast gaze he fixes on the goal. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology SHUT WINDOWS (FOR THE BRAILLE MAGAZINE), by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: When the outer eye grows dim Last Line: And every room is free to you and me. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Blindness; Religion; Visually Handicapped; Theology SIGNATURE FOR TEMPO, by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Think that this world against the wind of time Alternate Author Name(s): Fleming, Archibald Subject(s): Religion; Theology SILENCE, by MAVIS CLARE BARNETT Poem Text First Line: God must have loved a silence for he laid Last Line: And silent, old, unconquerable love? Subject(s): Religion; Silence; Wellesley College; Theology SILENCE, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I need not shout my faith. Thrice eloquent Last Line: The hills are mute: yet how they speak of god! Subject(s): Religion; Theology SILEX SCINTIALLANS: THEY ARE ALL GONE, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are all gone into the world of light! Last Line: Where I shall need no glass. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Variant Title(s): Ascension Hymn;beyond The Veil;departed Friends;beauteous Death;the World Of Light;friends Gone Subject(s): Ascension Day; Christianity; Consolation; Death; Heaven; Immortality; Mourning; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Bereavement; Theology SIMEON MEDITATING, by EMMA THOMAS SCOVILLE Poem Text First Line: So long, o lord, I've waited for this day Last Line: I'm waiting, lord, to hear thy last clear call! Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology SIMON THE CYRENIAN SPEAKS, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He never spoke a word to me Last Line: With bruise of lash or stone. Variant Title(s): Shadowed Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Simon Of Cyrene; Theology SIN (12), by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, with what glorie wast thou served of old Last Line: The note is sad, yet musick for a king. Variant Title(s): Sion Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology SINCE GOD IS THERE, by JEANNE MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE GUYON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O lord, how full of sweet content Last Line: Secure of finding god in all. Alternate Author Name(s): Guion, De La Mothe; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Mothe; Guyon Du Chesnoy Subject(s): Religion; Theology SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 90, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who has seen the wind? Last Line: The wind is passing by. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Who Has Seen The Wind;the Wind Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Wind; Theology SISTER BEATRICE, by MAURICE MAETERLINCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pity me, lady: me about to fall Last Line: [the nuns fall on their knees around the bed of beatrice. Subject(s): Legends - Dutch; Religion; Spirituality; Theology SISTER MARY APPASSIONATA DELIVERS AN IMPROMPTU SPEECH LOCAL PONDEROSA, by DAVID CITINO Poet's Biography First Line: Go right ahead. Gorge beasts Subject(s): Food & Eating; Religion; Theology SIT BACK, RELAX, by RITA DOVE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, lord. No rest Last Line: Just plain grieves Subject(s): Parks, Rosa (1913-2005); Religion; Theology SITTING BY A BUSH IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I spread out my hand here today Last Line: The other persists as our faith Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology SLEEP SWEET, by ELLEN M. HUNTINGTON GATES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sleep sweet within this quiet room Last Line: Sleep sweet! Good night! Good night! Variant Title(s): Good Night Subject(s): Religion; Theology SMALL BEGINNINGS, by CHARLES MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A traveller through a dusty road strewed with acorns on the lea Last Line: Ye were but little at the first, but mighty at the last. Variant Title(s): Little And [or, But] Great;song Of Life Subject(s): Hope; Religion; Service; Optimism; Theology SMALL WIRE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My faith / is a great weight Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology SMECTYMNUUS, OR THE CLUB-DIVERS, by JOHN CLEVELAND Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Smectymnuus! The goblin makes me start! Last Line: And stretch her patent to your leather ears! Subject(s): Milton, John (1608-1674); Religion; Theology SNAIL, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The snail in his museum Last Line: They swallow the rest Subject(s): Snails; Food & Eating; Theology SNOW, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Snow, / blessed snow, / comes out of the sky Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology SNOWBOUND, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The sun that brief december day / rose cheerless over hills of gray Last Line: The benediction of the air. Variant Title(s): New England In Winter;a Winter Idyl;snow-bound;snow-bound: A Winter Idyll Subject(s): Family Life; Home; Massachusetts; Memory; Religion; Snow; Winter; Relatives; Theology SO FAR, SO NEAR, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou, so far, we grope to grasp thee Last Line: Silence only may adore thee! Subject(s): God; Life; Religion; Soul; Theology SOME BLESSED, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Blessed are they that have eyes to see Last Line: They foretaste the joy of heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology SOME FOREIGN LETTERS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I knew you forever and you were always old Subject(s): God; Religion; Spinsters; Theology; Old Maids SOMETIME, by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH Poem Text First Line: Sometime, when all life's lessons have been learned Last Line: "I think that we will say, ""god knew the best!" Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Mary Louise Riley Subject(s): Religion; Theology SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE, by OPHELIA G. BROWNING Poem Text First Line: Unanswered yet? The prayer your lips have pleaded Last Line: "and cries, ""it shall be done sometime, somewhere." Variant Title(s): Pray Without Ceasing Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology SOMETIMES, by THOMAS SAMUEL JONES JR. Poem Text First Line: Across the fields of yesterday Last Line: The man I might have been. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Must you leave, john holmes, with the prayers and psalms Subject(s): Holmes, John (1904-1962); Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology SONG, by HAROLD CORNELIUS SANDALL Poem Text First Line: Love that is hoarded, moulds at last Last Line: Are what we give away. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONG FOR A LADY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the day of breasts and small hips Subject(s): Love - Erotic; God; Religion; Theology SONG FOR A RED NIGHTGOWN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No. Not really red Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology SONG FOR FINE WEATHER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O good sun Last Line: "hear us, hear us, o good sun!" Subject(s): God;peace;religion; Theology SONG FOR THE CLATTER-BONES, by FREDERICK ROBERT HIGGINS Poem Full Text First Line: God rest that jewy woman Alternate Author Name(s): Higgins, F. R. Subject(s): Bible; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology SONG MAKING, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My heart cries like a beaten child Last Line: But no one thought it true! Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONG OF HOPE, by MARY ARTEMISIA LATHBURY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Children of yesterday Last Line: Room! Alternate Author Name(s): Mary, Aunt; L., M. A. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONG OF MYSELF, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I celebrate myself, and sing myself Last Line: I stop somewhere waiting for you. Variant Title(s): Walt Whitman Subject(s): Animals; Courage; Nature; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Sea; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891); Valor; Bravery; Theology; Ocean SONG OF SAUL BEFORE HIS LAST BATTLE, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Warriors and chiefs! Should the shaft or the sword Last Line: Or kingly the death, which awaits us to-day! Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Bible; Jews; Religion; Saul (11th Century B.c.); Judaism; Theology SONG OF THE HEBREW SEER, by FORD MADOX FORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh would that the darkness would cover the face of the land Last Line: The myriad, myriad sounds of the sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): God; Jews; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Judaism; Theology SONG OF THE UNIVERSAL, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come said the muse Last Line: And all the world a dream. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONGLINE OF DAWN, by JOY HARJO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are ascending through the dawn Subject(s): Air Travel; Religion; Ancestors & Ancestry; Theology SONGS FOR A WINTER FIRE: 5. NOEL, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To awake at dawn and remember new-dropt lambs Last Line: "o lamb which takest away the sin of the world." Subject(s): Christmas; Fear; Life; Religion; Sleep; Nativity, The; Theology SONGS FROM VAGABONDIA:L'ENVOI, by BLISS CARMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Have little care that life is brief Last Line: Where my dust with dust confers. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONGS OF EXPERIENCE: INTRODUCTION, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hear the voice of the bard! / who present, past, & future sees Last Line: "is giv'n thee till the break of day." Variant Title(s): The Poet's Voice;the Voice Of The Bard;the Bard;the Ancient Trees;introduction Subject(s): Bards; Bible; Mythology; Religion; Theology SONGS OF TRAVEL: 46. EVENSONG, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The embers of the day are red Last Line: Comes. I will eat and sleep and will not question more. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONGS OUT OF SORROW: REFUGE, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From my spirit's gray defeat Last Line: My fragile immortality. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Variant Title(s): Spirit's House Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONGS OUT OF SORROW: SPIRIT'S HOUSE, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From naked stones of agony Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Grief; Religion; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology SONNET, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou art indeed just, lord, if I contend Last Line: Mine, o thou lord of life, send my roots rain. Variant Title(s): "justus Quidem Tu Es, Domine;""thou Art Indeed Just, Lord, If I Contend""; Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; God; Religion; Theology SONNET, by THOMAS RUSSELL (1822-) Poem Text First Line: Could I have known before I was created Last Line: "and at thy risk, will I such burden take." Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONNET: 116, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Let me not to the marriage of true minds / admit impediments Last Line: I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Variant Title(s): "love;love's Not Time's Fool;true Love;love Unalterable;the Marriage Of True Minds;""let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds""; Subject(s): Fidelity; Gays & Lesbians; Life Change Events; Love; Love - Marital; Marriage; Religion; Faithfulness; Constancy; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology SONNET: 12. SUB PONDERE CRESCIT, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hope of truth grows stronger, day by day Last Line: Of inward strife for truth and liberty. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONNET: 13, by EDMUND SPENSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a woman sitting on a beast Last Line: Now for a truth great babylon is fallen. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Subject(s): Babylon; Bible; Prostitution; Religion; Harlots; Whores; Brothels; Theology SONNET: 14, by EDMUND SPENSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Then might I see upon a white horse set Last Line: Is pitiless thrown down in pit of fire. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology SONNET: 14. ON THE RELIGIOUS MEMORY OF CATHERINE THOMASON, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When faith and love, which parted from thee never Last Line: And drink thy fill of pure immortal streams. Variant Title(s): On The Religious Memory Of Mrs Catherine Thomason, My Friend;sonnet 14 Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Thomason, Catherine (d. 1646); Theology SONNET: 15, by EDMUND SPENSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw new earth, new heaven, said saint john Last Line: There grows life's fruit unto the churches good. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology SONNET: 17. TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old Last Line: In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son. Variant Title(s): To Sir Henry Vane The Younger Subject(s): Puritans; Religion; Vane, The Younger, Sir Henry (1613-62); Theology SONNET: 19. ON HIS BLINDNESS, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: When I consider how my light is spent Last Line: "they also serve who only stand and wait." Variant Title(s): Sonnet: 16;sonnet On His Blindness;sonnet: 17 Subject(s): Bible; Blindness; Milton, John (1608-1674); Religion; Time; Visually Handicapped; Theology SONNET: 21. THE POOR OF LONDON, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Almighty god, whose justice like a sun Last Line: Ring down the abyss of twice ten thousand years Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Religion; Theology SONNET: 29, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes Last Line: That then I scorn to change my state with kings. Variant Title(s): "amor Omnia Vincit;a Consolation;fortune And Men's Eyes;""when, In Disgrace With Fortune And Men's Eyes""; Subject(s): Desire; Friendship; Gays & Lesbians; Jealousy; Love; Religion; Homoeroticism; Lesbians; Gay Women; Gay Men; Theology SONNET: 68. TO JESUS ON HIS BIRTHDAY, by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For this your mother sweated in the cold Alternate Author Name(s): Boyd, Nancy; Boissevain, Eugen, Mrs. Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology SONNET: 9. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lady, that in the prime of earliest youth Last Line: Hast gained thy entrance, virgin wise and pure. Variant Title(s): "lady, That In The Prime Of Earliest Youth"";sonnet 9; Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology SONNET: THE AGNOSTIC'S PSALM, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh thou who art the life of heaven and earth Last Line: With dim perceptions of unknown delight. Subject(s): Agnosticism; Religion; Theology SONNETS AT CHRISTMAS: 1, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the day his hour of life draws near Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology SONNETS AT CHRISTMAS: 2, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, christ, I love you rings to the wild sky Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen Variant Title(s): "ah Christ, I Love You Rings To The Wild Sky""; Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 43, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways Last Line: I shall but love thee better after death. Variant Title(s): Sonnets From The Portguese: 42;the Ways Of Love;perfect Love Subject(s): Love - Erotic; Life Change Events; Love; Love - Marital; Religion; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love; Theology SORROW SHALL MAKE US KIN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The cark of care has bitten in Last Line: -- sorrow hath made us kin. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Grief; Religion; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology SOUND THE LOUD TIMBREL; MIRIAM'S SONG, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sound the loud timbrel o'er egypt's dark sea Last Line: Jehovah has triumph'd, his people are free. Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Jews; Miriam (bible); Religion; Women In The Bible; Judaism; Theology SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.., by MARVIN BELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He couldn't say it or write it or sign it or give it a name Last Line: His small star would someday pass close to him but not yet. Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791); Religion; Spirituality; Nativity, The; Theology SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ..., by MARVIN BELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hands that were nailed, the ankles that were pierced as if one Last Line: The cloud appeared to him by day and the little star by night. Subject(s): Angels; Concentration Camps; Crucifixion; Death; Jews; Religion; Spirituality; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Judaism; Theology SOVEREIGN POETS, by LLOYD MIFFLIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They who create rob death of half its stings Last Line: When kings are dust beside forgotten thrones. Variant Title(s): The Sovereigns Subject(s): Religion; Theology SPECULA, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When he appoints to meet thee, go thou forth Last Line: He hath been with thee all the time. Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SPINNING, by HELEN MARIA HUNT FISKE JACKSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Like a blind spinner in the sun Last Line: "thou poor blind spinner, work is done." Alternate Author Name(s): H. H.; Holm, Saxe; Jackson, Helen Hunt Subject(s): Religion; Spinning; Theology SPOIL, by WILLIAM E. BROOKS Poem Text First Line: Fair spoil I thought him as I reached the well Last Line: "peace! . . . And two hours ago I thought him spoil!" Subject(s): Mary Magdalen; Religion; Women In The Bible; Mary Magdalene; Theology SPRING, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nothing is so beautiful as spring Last Line: Most, o maid's child, thy choice and worthy the winning. Subject(s): Eden; Jesus Christ; Religion; Spring; Time; Theology SPRING, by ANNE ELIZABETH MADDOCK Poem Text First Line: The sun lies light on a jade-green hill Last Line: And the note of a bird links earth with god! Subject(s): Religion; Spring; Theology ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When if ever life is sweet Last Line: For her light, her love, her king. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Hungary; Life; Religion; Saints; Theology ST. FRANCIS' PRAYER, by FRANCIS OF ASSISI Poem Text First Line: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace Last Line: And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Alternate Author Name(s): Moriconi, Giovanni; Saint Francis; Francesco D'assisi, San Subject(s): Religion; Theology ST. ROMAULD, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One day, it matters not to know Last Line: And so we meant to strangle him one night. Subject(s): Death; Devil; Reason; Religion; Saints; Spain; Travel; Dead, The; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals; Theology; Journeys; Trips STABAT, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Why, o my god, hast thou forsaken me Last Line: That she abides when thou forsakest me? Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology STABAT MATER DOLOROSA, by JACOPONE DA TODI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stood the afflicted mother weeping Last Line: Glories bright of paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Jacopo Dei Benedeti; Bebedetti, Jacopo Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology STABAT MATER DOLOROSA, by JACOPONE DA TODI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stood the afflicted mother weeping Last Line: Glories bright of paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Jacopo Dei Benedeti; Bebedetti, Jacopo Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology STANZAS ON THE PSALMS, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not the songs that nobly tell Last Line: As jove by great jehovah is excell'd. Subject(s): Bible; Prayer; Religion; Theology STARLIGHT LIKE INTUITION PIERCED THE TWELVE, by DELMORE SCHWARTZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The starlight's intuitions pierced the twelve Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Disciples, Twelve; Theology STARTING FROM PAUMANOK, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Starting from fish-shape paumanok where I was born Last Line: O to haste firm holding -- to haste, haste on with me. Subject(s): Long Island (n.y.); Religion; Theology STAYING AT GRANDMA'S, by JANE KENYON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes they left me for the day Last Line: And leave the other there alone? Subject(s): Grandparents; Holy Ghost; Religion; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers; Holy Spirit; Theology STEP OVER THE LINE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Heaven's morning is breaking, step out in the light Last Line: "then hear his words spoken, ""good servant, well done." Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Salvation; Theology STILL FALLS THE RAIN; THE RAIDS, 1940. NIGHT AND DAWN, by EDITH SITWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Still falls the rain - / dark as the world of man, black as our loss Last Line: "still do I love, still shed my innocent light, my blood, for thee." Subject(s): Air Raids; Air Warfare; Crucifixion; Religion; World War Ii; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology; Second World War STILL THE CROSS, by EDWARD MERRILL ROOT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Calvary is a continent Last Line: Recrucified? Alternate Author Name(s): Root, E. Merrill Subject(s): Crucifixion; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology STILL, STILL WITH THEE, by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Still, still with thee, when purple morning breaketh Last Line: Shall rise the glorious thought -- I am with thee. Variant Title(s): When I Awake I Am Still With Thee Subject(s): Christianity; Dawn; Prayer; Reformation; Religion; Sunrise; Theology STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whose woods these are I think I know Last Line: And miles to go before I sleep. Subject(s): Duty; Evening; Forests; Religion; Snow; Solitude; Winter; Sunset; Twilight; Woods; Theology; Loneliness STRADIVARIUS, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Your soul was lifted by the wings to-day Last Line: "without antonio. Get thee to thy easel." Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Art & Artists; Composers; Religion; Stradivari, Antonio (1644-1737); Violins; Theology STROPHE, by RUTH CLAY PRICE Poem Text First Line: Priest and priestess Last Line: Eternal. Subject(s): Love; Religion; Theology SUBDUED, by SAMUEL ELLSWORTH KISER Poem Text First Line: I have hoped, I have planned, I have striven Last Line: Tomorrow again, I begin. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SUBSTITUTION, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When some beloved voice that was to you Last Line: Speak thou, availing christ! -- and fill this pause. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD, AND BURIED, by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a green hill far away Last Line: Of heaven and let us in. Alternate Author Name(s): Humprheys, Cecil Frances; Alexander, C. F., Mrs. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology SUICIDE NOTE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Better, / despite the worms talking to Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology SUNDAY HYMN; IN IMITATION OF DR. WATTS, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is the day the lord of life Last Line: And death shall call me hence. Subject(s): Death; God; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology SUNDAY MORNING, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Complacencies of the peignoir, and late / coffee and oranges in a sunny chair Last Line: Downward to darkness, on extended wings. Subject(s): Christianity; Death; God; Life; Nature; Religion; Dead, The; Theology SUNDAY PAPERS, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The butchery of the innocent Subject(s): War; Sabbath; Religion; Innocence; Sunday; Theology SUNRISE IN THE CITY, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The sunrise over the houses! Last Line: And the christ-light shining in ' Subject(s): Cities; Dawn; Religion; Urban Life; Sunrise; Theology SUPERNATURAL SONGS: 10. CONJUNCTIONS, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If jupiter and saturn meet, Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SUPERNATURAL SONGS: 12. MERU, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Civilisation is hooped together, brought Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Civilization; Religion; Theology SUPERNATURAL SONGS: 2. RIBB DENOUNCES PATRICK, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An abstract greek absurdity has crazed the man -- Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Supernatural; Religion; Theology SURFEIT, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER Poem Text First Line: I am betrayed by multiplicity Last Line: Had for horizon his own straining knees. Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Creation; God; Religion; Self; Eve; Theology SURSUM CORDA, by ANNIE LAKE TOWNSEND Poem Text First Line: After the comfortable words come there Last Line: Lift up your hearts. Subject(s): Religion; Theology SURVIVAL, by MARGARET MOORE MEUTTMAN Poem Text First Line: A thousand years from this tonight Last Line: Will last a thousand years. Subject(s): Religion; Survival; Theology SYMPATHY, by ANN HAMILTON (1902-) Poem Text First Line: Ask god to give thee skill Last Line: Of christlike touch. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Anna E.; Hamilton, A. E.; Hamilton, Anne E. Subject(s): Religion; Sympathy; Theology; Empathy TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE FIRST DAY: ROBERT OF SICILY, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Robert of sicily, brother of pope urbane Last Line: Kneeling upon the floor, absorbed in silent prayer. Variant Title(s): The Sicilian's Tale Subject(s): Hope; Religion; Optimism; Theology TANGMALANGALOO, by P. J. HARTIGAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The bishop sat in lordly state and purple cap sublime Last Line: "it's the day before the races out at tangmalangaloo." Alternate Author Name(s): O'brien, John+(2) Subject(s): Christianity; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology TAOISM AND BUDDHISM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A traveller came from across the seas Last Line: To the heaven of bliss fulfilled. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Buddhism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Taoism; Buddha; Buddhists; Theology TE DEUM LAUDAMUS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "we praise thee, o god; we acknowledge thee to be the lord" Last Line: "o lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded" Subject(s): God;religion; Theology TE DEUM OF RENEWALS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: For thy sweet sunshine after nights of rain Last Line: We thank thee, lord. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology TE DEUM OF THE YEARS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: For the life given, and for the life preserved Last Line: We thank thee, lord. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology TERESA, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Am I too happy? Have I lost Last Line: Bertrand and I and angelo! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Fathers; Heaven; Mothers; Religion; Paradise; Theology TERESA, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After the sun's eclipse Last Line: The tempered consonants of discipline Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Teresa, Saint (1515-1582); Theology; Teresa Of Jesus, Saint; Teresa Of Avila, Saint; Theresa, Saint TESTIMONY, by EVA MOAD TURNER Poem Text First Line: My garden bears testimony to divinity Last Line: Autumn's arabesques of flame and gold. Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Religion; Theology THANATOPSIS, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To him who in the love of nature holds Last Line: About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Subject(s): Death; Holidays; Nature; Religion; Trees; Dead, The; Theology THANKS BE TO GOD, by JANIE ALFORD Poem Text First Line: I do not thank thee, lord Last Line: Unspeakable! His gift! Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology THANKSGIVING, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What time the latest flower hath bloomed Last Line: "and end it with, ""thy will be done." Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THANKSGIVING, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our father, whose unchanging love Last Line: Awaits us at the end. Subject(s): Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Theology THANKSGIVING SONG, by CAREY YATES BUSBY Poem Text First Line: I brought my gifts to the altar Last Line: Reach upward toward the sun. Subject(s): Altars; Holidays; Religion; Thanksgiving; Turkey; Theology THAT DAY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the desk I sit at Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology THAT HOLY THING, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They all were looking for a king Last Line: Yea, every bygone prayer. Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THAT NATURE IS A HERACLITEAN FIRE & OF THE COMFORT OF THE RESURRECTION, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cloud-puffball, torn tufts, tossed pillows Last Line: Is immortal diamond. Variant Title(s): That Nature Is A Heraclitean Fire And Of The Comfort Of The Resurrecti Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Nature; Religion; Resurrection, The; Theology THE ABIDING LOVE, by JOHN WHITE CHADWICK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It singeth low in every heart Last Line: Our god, for evermore. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE ADDICT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sleepmonger / deathmonger Subject(s): Drugs & Drug Abuse; God; Religion; Suicide; Theology THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: A boy -- okay,it's me -- wears a fringed Last Line: One hand pressed hard into this crotch Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE AERONAUT, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: Paean, sing paean! / for I have made me wings Last Line: "thy courier I!'?" Subject(s): Flight; Love; Religion; Flying; Theology THE AGNOSTIC'S PRAYER, by DEMPS ALEXANDER ODEN Poem Text First Line: Awed by thy firmament above / confused by Last Line: Wondering, trusting, unafraid. Subject(s): Agnosticism; Religion; Worship; Theology THE AGONY [AGONIE], by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Philosophers have measur'd mountains Last Line: Which my god feels as bloud, but I as wine. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE AIM, by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O thou who lovest not alone Last Line: I bless thy goad of discontent. Subject(s): Ambition; Prayer; Religion; Theology THE ALTAR, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Alone, remote, nor witting where I went Last Line: That burns, and must burn somehow for the best. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE AMBITION BIRD, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So it has come to this Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE ANCIENT SAGE, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A thousand summers ere the time of christ Last Line: So, farewell.' Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE ANGEL FOOD DOGS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Leaping, leaping, leaping Subject(s): Christianity; Women; Theology THE ANGEL'S BIDDING, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Not a sound is heard in the convent Last Line: "at the deed you have done to-night." Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Angels; Death; Religion; Soul; Dead, The; Theology THE ANGEL'S SONG; CAROL, by EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It came upon the midnight clear Last Line: Which now the angels sing Variant Title(s): Peace On Earth Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE ANGELUS, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Far through the lilac sky the angelus bell Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE ANIMALS, by EDWIN MUIR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They do not live in the world Subject(s): Bible; Memory; Religion; Theology THE ANNUNCIATION, by EDWIN MUIR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The angel and the girl are met Subject(s): Annunciation, The; Bible; Religion; Theology THE ANVIL - GOD'S WORD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith's door Last Line: "yet, although the noise of falling blows was heard, / the anvil is unharmed - the hammers gone" Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE ANVIL OF GOD'S MERCY, by ANNA HAMILTON WOOD Poem Text First Line: I wonder that the metal stands the test Last Line: And man bends on it, steadily and slow! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE APPLE SHRINE, by LINDA PASTAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Last week you gathered armfuls of apple blossoms Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology THE ARGUMENT, by JANE KENYON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the way to the village store Last Line: And the wish to forestall the argument Subject(s): Religion; Death; Theology; Dead, The THE ARMY OF THE LORD, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To fight the battle of the cross, christ's Last Line: "o grave, where is thy victory! O death, where is thy sting!" Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Death; Religion; Sin; Soul; War; Dead, The; Theology THE ASS SPEAKS, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I am the little ass of christ Last Line: The whip, for jesus christ his sake. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Asses & Mules; Christmas; Duty; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women - Bible; Nativity, The; Virgin Mary; Theology THE ASSASSIN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The correct death is written in Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE ASSUMPTION (1), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Behold! The mother bird Last Line: "thy fledgling calls thee home!" Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Assumption, The (theology); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary THE ASSUMPTION (2), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Nor bethlehem nor nazareth Last Line: Were not his mother there. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Assumption, The (theology); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary THE AUTHOR'S EPITAPH, MADE BY HIMSELF, by WALTER RALEIGH Poem Text Poem Explanation Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Even such is time, that takes in trust Last Line: My god shall raise me up, I trust. Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Variant Title(s): Verses Found In His Bible .. At Westminster;the Conclusion;lines Written The Night Before His Execution;to-day A Man, To-morrow None;last Line;his Epitaph;lines Found In His Bible In The Gate-house;even Such Is Time;verses Made The Night Before His Beheading;verses Made The Night Before He Died;lines Said To Have Been Written On The Eve Of His Execution;epitaph;verses Written In His Bible Subject(s): Ambition; Death; Easter; Faith; Great Britain - History; Heaven; Holidays; New Year; Religion; Time; Transience; Dead, The; The Resurrection; Belief; Creed; English History; Paradise; Theology; Impermanence THE BABY, FR. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where did you come from, baby dear? Last Line: God thought of you, and so I am here. Variant Title(s): "where Did You Come From, Baby Dear?""; Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Religion; Childhood; Theology THE BACK OF GOD, by J. R. PERKINS Poem Text First Line: I prayed to see the face of god Last Line: Carrying a double load upon his back. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BAD-LANDS OF DAKOTA, by MARY FRANCES MARTIN Poem Text First Line: I think that when god made the bright, fair land Last Line: God thought of us, and shaped that beauty rare. Alternate Author Name(s): Cearnach, Conal Subject(s): God; Religion; South Dakota; Theology THE BALANCE WHEEL, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where I waved at the sky Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BALINESE WITCH DOCTOR, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He sits in the circle of his simmering Last Line: Baby chicken stirs in moonlight's shadows. Subject(s): Indonesia; Religion; Dutch East Indies; Theology THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the border side Last Line: When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE BALLAD OF EAST AND WEST, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the border side Last Line: When two strong men stand face to face, tho' they come from the ends of the earth! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE BALLAD OF JOKING JESUS, by JAMES JOYCE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: - I'm the queerest young fellow that you ever heard Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL, by OSCAR WILDE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He did not wear his scarlet coat Last Line: The brave man with a sword! Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills Subject(s): Capital Punishment; Freedom; Love; Murder; Prisons & Prisoners; Religion; Sleep; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Liberty; Convicts; Theology THE BALLAD OF THE LONELY MASTURBATOR, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The end of the affair is always death Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology THE BARGAIN, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I counted blisses, tortures, shames Last Line: It was not fair.' god bowed his head. Subject(s): Aging; Bargains; Religion; Theology THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: It was a summer evening Last Line: "but 't was a famous victory." Variant Title(s): After Blenheim Subject(s): Blenheim, Battle Of; Churchill, John (1650-1722); Cynicism; Peace; Religion; Spain - War Of Succession (1701-1714); War; Marlborough, 1st Duke Of; Theology THE BATTLE OF DRUMLIEMOOR, by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bar the door! Put out the light, for it gleams across the night Last Line: And I hid myself all day, and -- I am here! Alternate Author Name(s): Maitland, Thomas Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BATTLE WITHIN, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God strengthen me to bear myself Last Line: Break off the yoke and set me free. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Who Shall Deliver Me? Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE BATTLE-FIELD, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once this soft turf, this rivulet's sands Last Line: The blast of triumph o'er thy grave Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Social Protest; Theology THE BEACON, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Founded on rock and facing the night-fouled sea Last Line: Assembles all the sea Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE BEELAH VIADUCT, by JOHN CLOSE Poem Text First Line: O wondrous age! A wondrous age we live in Last Line: When we have bid farewell to earthly things. Alternate Author Name(s): Poet Close Subject(s): Angels; Earth; Faith; Religion; World; Belief; Creed; Theology THE BEGINNINGS OF FAITH, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All travail of high thought Last Line: To some clear, firm assurance of a satisfying creed. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE BELLS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Today the circus poster Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BIBLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "this book-this holy book, on every line" Last Line: "and earnest sighs, to read, believe and live" Subject(s): Bible;books;jews;religion; Reading;judaism;theology THE BIBLE, by RICHARD BARTON Poem Text First Line: Lamp of my feet, whereby we trace Last Line: Our anchor and our stay! Subject(s): Bible; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology THE BIBLE, by DAVID LEVI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As to an ancient temple Last Line: Lift purified to heaven! Subject(s): Bible; Creation; God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology THE BIBLE, by PHOEBE PALMER Poem Text First Line: Blessed bible! How I love it! Last Line: Sweeter still thy truths shall be! Subject(s): Bible; Books; Jews; Religion; Reading; Judaism; Theology THE BIBLIOGRAPHERS, by GEOFFREY HILL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lucifer blazing in superb effigies Last Line: The shadow-god envisioned is no cloud Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE BIG BOOTS OF PAIN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There can be certain potions Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BIG HEART, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Big heart, / wide as a watermelon Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BIGOT, by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The foolish roman fondly thought Last Line: To fit your own contracted heart. Subject(s): Christianity; God; Pantheism; Racism; Religion; Rome, Italy; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; Theology THE BIRD LET LOOSE, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The bird, let loose in eastern skies Last Line: Thy freedom in her wings! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Pigeons; Religion; Theology THE BLACK ART, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A woman who writes feels too much Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA, by MARY FRANCES MARTIN Poem Text First Line: They say the good great spirit Last Line: Is to have walked with god. Alternate Author Name(s): Cearnach, Conal Subject(s): God; Religion; Spiritual Healing; Theology; Faith-cure THE BLACK VIRGINITY, by MINA LOY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Baby priests/ on green sward Alternate Author Name(s): Cravan, Arthur, Mrs.; Lowy, Mina Gertrude; Haweis, Stephen, Mrs. Subject(s): Women; Religion; Theology THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It was six men of indostan Last Line: Not one of them has seen! Subject(s): Elephants; Religion; Theology THE BLUDY SERK, by ROBERT HENRYSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This hinder yeir I hard be tald Last Line: Think on the bludy serk! Alternate Author Name(s): Henderson, Robert+(1) Subject(s): Fables; Religion; Allegories; Theology THE BOOK, by WINFRED ERNEST GARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Softly I closed the book as in a dream Last Line: I shall work better all my other days. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE BOOK OF BOOKS, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Within this ample volume lies Last Line: That read to doubt or read to scorn. Variant Title(s): The Bible Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE BOOK OF GOD, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thy thoughts are here, my god Last Line: The church's heritage. Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Worship; Judaism; Theology THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER, by MARVIN BELL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the dead man hears thunder, he thinks someone is speaking Last Line: The dead man speaks god's language. Subject(s): Death; God; Language; Religion; Speech; Spirituality; Thunder; Dead, The; Words; Vocabulary; Theology; Oratory; Orators THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#13): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND THUNDER, by MARVIN BELL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dead man counts the seconds between lightning and thunder to Last Line: Smell of solder at the junction of earth and sky. Subject(s): Death; God; Lightning; Religion; Speech; Spirituality; Thunder; Dead, The; Lightning Rods; Theology; Oratory; Orators THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: HE MAKETH HIMSELF ONE WITH THE ONLY GOD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O everlasting kingdom of the scepter Last Line: Shall drag me back from my immortal path! Subject(s): Egypt;religion; Theology THE BOOK OF WISDOM, by ROBERT LOWELL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Can I go on loving anyone at fifty Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE BOOK [OF THE WORLD], by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of this fair volume which we world do name Last Line: It is some picture on the margin wrought. Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, William Variant Title(s): The Book Of Nature;the Lessons Of Nature;the World Subject(s): Bible; Books; Earth; Religion; Reading; World; Theology THE BOROUGH: LETTER 4. SECTS AND PROFESSIONS IN RELIGION, by GEORGE CRABBE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sects in religion?' - yes of every race Last Line: Through scenes of horror, terror, and dismay.' Subject(s): Religion; Sects; Theology THE BRAVE CHILD, by GREGORY ORR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How, on a dare, he would dive where the stream Last Line: Fall through the dust-filled air. Subject(s): Adventure And Adventurers; Children; Religion; Childhood; Theology THE BRAVEST BATTLE, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The bravest battle that ever was fought! Last Line: Then, silent, unseen--goes down. Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Variant Title(s): The Greatest Battle That Ever Was Fought Subject(s): Religion; War; Theology THE BREAK, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was also my violent heart that broke Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BREAK AWAY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your daisies have come Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BREAST, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the key to it Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE BREWING OF SOMA, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The fagots blazed, the caldron's smoke Last Line: O still, small voice of calm! Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Religion; Theology THE BRIDGE BUILDER, by WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An old man, going [or, traveling] a lone highway Last Line: "good friend, I am building the bridge for him." Variant Title(s): Building The Bridge [for Him] Subject(s): Bridges; Religion; Theology THE BRIDGE: PROEM. TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE, by HAROLD HART CRANE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How many dawns, chill from his rippling rest Last Line: And of the curveship lend a myth to god. Alternate Author Name(s): Crane, Hart Subject(s): Americans; Bible; Bridges; Brooklyn Bridge; Freedom; Imagination; Religion; United States; Vision; Liberty; Fancy; Theology; America THE BUILDER, by HATTIE VOSE HALL Poem Text First Line: A builder builded a temple Last Line: Was a child's immortal soul. Variant Title(s): Two Temples Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE BUILDERS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The city of god is within you Last Line: To build his city of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE BUNCH OF GRAPES, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Joy, I did lock thee up: but some bad man Last Line: Ev'n god himself being pressed for my sake. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE BURTHEN OF THE ASS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: On christmas night at bethlehem Last Line: My shoulders were his throne. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Animals; Religion; Theology THE CALF, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Right, sir! Your text I'll prove it true Last Line: "here lies a famous bullock!" Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CALL, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, my way, my truth, my life Last Line: Such a heart as joys in love. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE CALL, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: And god said 'come'; and all Last Line: Turning all my gloom to light. Subject(s): God; Heaven; Religion; Soul; Paradise; Theology THE CALL OF THE DEAD, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Do you hear a deep voice calling? Last Line: "and, having done all, -- stand!" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CALL TO EVENING PRAYER, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Allah ho akbar! Allah ho akbar! Last Line: Naray'yana! Naray'yana! Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Prayer; Religion; Women - Bible; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Virgin Mary; Theology THE CANDLE INDOORS, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some candle clear burns somewhere I come by Last Line: And, cast by conscience out, spendsavour salt? Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE CANTICLE OF THE CREATURES [OR, SUN], by FRANCIS OF ASSISI Poem Text First Line: O most high, almighty, good lord god to thee belong praise, glory, honour Last Line: Humility. Alternate Author Name(s): Moriconi, Giovanni; Saint Francis; Francesco D'assisi, San Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CAPTAINS OF THE YEARS, by ARTHUR RAYMOND MACDOUGALL JR. Poem Text First Line: I watched the captains Last Line: While christ rode on ahead. Subject(s): Faith; Jesus Christ; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE CATHEDRAL, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Far through the memory shines a happy day Last Line: Missed in the commonplace of miracle. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE CATHEDRAL OF SWALLOWS, by RHYS CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who knows if god love these not more Last Line: A huddle of houses, old, and brown. Subject(s): Churches; Religion; Swallows; Cathedrals; Theology THE CATTLE OF HIS HAND, by WILBUR UNDERWOOD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All night long through the starlit air and the stillness Last Line: Onward we strain with a mighty resounding of hoof-beats. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CAUSE OF THE EARTHQUAKE AT NISHAPUR, by FASIHI KHVAFI Poem Text First Line: Through the shakes and the knocks of the earthquake Last Line: His eyes did pray? Subject(s): Disasters; Earthquakes; Religion; Theology THE CESTELLO ANNUNCIATION, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: The angel has already said, 'be not afraid' Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign Last Line: Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! Subject(s): Mollusks; Nautilus (shell); Religion; Sea; Theology; Ocean THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE, by HENRY WOTTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How happy is he born and taught Last Line: And, having nothing, yet hath all. Variant Title(s): The Happy Life;a Good Man;lord Of Himself;of A Happy Life Subject(s): Freedom; Happiness; Life; Religion; Liberty; Joy; Delight; Theology THE CHARIOT, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because I could not stop for death, / he kindly stopped for me Last Line: Were toward eternity-- Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Holidays; Immortality; Mortality; Mourning; New Year; Religion; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Bereavement; Theology THE CHEMISTRY OF CHARACTER, by ELIZABETH DORNEY Poem Text First Line: John and peter and robert and paul Last Line: God in his wisdom created them all. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CHEWING THE CUD, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When well we speak, & nothing do that's good Last Line: We then both chew the cud, and cleave the hoof. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE CHILD BEARERS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jean, death comes close to us all Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When to the garden of untroubled thought Last Line: "I am the little child you used to be." Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Children; Gardens & Gardening; Religion; Childhood; Theology THE CHILD ON THE JUDGMENT SEAT, by ELIZABETH RUNDELL CHARLES Poem Text First Line: Where hast been toiling all day, sweetheart Last Line: In a look of his own for thee. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CHILD'S APPEAL, by MAMIE GENE COLE Poem Text First Line: I am the child Last Line: Train me, I beg you, that I may be a blessing to the world. Subject(s): Children; Religion; Childhood; Theology THE CHILD'S PRAYER, by ROBERT DE MONTESQUIOU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Teach the child to pray to the blue waves Last Line: Chaplet of perfumes on the rosary of love. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Rosary; Theology THE CHILDREN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The children, lord, the children! Last Line: Will answer every call. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Children; Religion; Childhood; Theology THE CHILDREN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The childen are all crying in their pens Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For those that never know the light Last Line: And tell the ages what we are! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CHOIR INVISIBLE, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, may I join the choir invisible Last Line: Whose music is the gladness of the world. Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Ambition; Creative Ability; Life Change Events; Music & Musicians; Religion; Worship; Inspiration; Creativity; Theology THE CHRIST, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The good intent of god became the christ Last Line: Since christ in all the ways of man hath trod. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Theology THE CHRIST, by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He might have reared a palace at a word Last Line: For needs of others, never for its own! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE CHRISTENING, by ALEXANDER WATT Poem Text First Line: Twas foorsday, an' the blinding drift Last Line: To imitate the barefit laird. Subject(s): Baptism; Religion; Christenings; Theology THE CHRISTIAN'S GOOD-NIGHT, by SARAH DOUDNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sleep on, beloved, sleep, and take thy rest Last Line: Good-night! Good-night! Good-night! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CHURCH OF THE HEART, by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Deep in the dales of the human heart Last Line: Tho' it hath no priests and it hath no bells! Subject(s): God; Hearts; Love; Religion; Temples; Theology; Mosques THE CHURCH TODAY, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Outwardly splendid as of old Last Line: Like the dead moon, she still shines on. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Churches; Moon; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology THE CHURCH-PORCH, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou, whose sweet youth and early hopes inhance Last Line: If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CHURCHES, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Two, in the darkness, sought the cross Last Line: Christ's wounds broke in fresh agony. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CHURCHMAN'S THREE WISHES IN FAVOUR OF THE BURIAL BILL, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A churchman, three things in this christian land Last Line: Not solemnized in lent. Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Christianity; Funerals; Religion; Wishes; Burials; Theology THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Get ye up from the wrath of god's Last Line: And death brooded over the pride of the plain! Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Religion; Theology THE CITY OF GOD, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Where shall the city of god be found? Last Line: There the city of god is. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CITY OF GOD, by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1822-1882) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: City of god, how broad and far Last Line: The eternal city stands. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CITY'S CROWN, by WILLIAM DUDLEY FOULKE Poem Text First Line: What makes a city great? Huge piles of stone Last Line: Till every stone shall be articulate. Subject(s): Cities; Religion; Wealth; Urban Life; Theology; Riches; Fortunes THE CIVIL WAR, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am torn in two Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE CLIMB OF LIFE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's a feel of all things flowing Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE COMING OF HIS FEET, by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the crimson of the morning, in the whiteness of the noon Last Line: I listen for the coming of his feet. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE COMING OF THE LORD, by JONES VERY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come suddenly, o lord, or slowly come Last Line: Thou wilt to us thy word of promise keep. Variant Title(s): Take Ye Heed, Watch And Pray Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE, by WELDON KEES Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: September was when it began. Last Line: And heard the sound of rushing wind Subject(s): Locusts; Bible; Religion; Theology THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE, by WELDON KEES Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: September was when it began Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yea, they who fear the lord will often speak Last Line: An earthly father's thy paternal love. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Saints; Belief; Creed; Theology THE CONQUEROR, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He cloistered here a virgin thought Last Line: Within her walls to lie. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL, by JOHN KEBLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The midday sun, with fiercest glare Last Line: "make much of your dear lord!" Subject(s): Paul, Saint (1st Century); Religion; Saul Of Tarsus; Theology THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend! Last Line: In bright succession raise, her ornament and guard! Subject(s): Home; Love; Religion; Theology THE COUNTRY FAITH, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here in the country's heart Last Line: And the best of all! Subject(s): Country Life; Nature; Religion; Theology THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP, by EMMA HART WILLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rocked in the cradle of the deep Last Line: Rocked in the cradle of the deep. Variant Title(s): In The Cradle Of The Deep Subject(s): God; Religion; Sea; Theology; Ocean THE CREATION (A NEGRO SERMON), by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And god stepped out on space Last Line: Amen. Amen. Subject(s): African Americans; Religion; Time; Negroes; American Blacks; Theology THE CROSS WAS HIS OWN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: They borrowed a bed to lay his head Last Line: The cross was his own Subject(s): Jesus Christ;religion; Theology THE CROSS; TO THE MOTHERS OF THE MARTYRED DEAD UPON FIELD OF BATTLE, by JOSEPHINE TURCK BAKER Poem Text First Line: My flesh cries out for its own flesh! Last Line: And share with thee the tortures of the cross. Subject(s): Martyrs; Mothers & Sons; Religion; Soldiers; Soldiers' Writings; Theology THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Then pilate, the roman governor, took jesus and scourged him Last Line: Therefore, believe in the saviour, and heaven you shall enter in! Subject(s): Bible; Crucifixion; Death; Heaven; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology THE CRY OF THE AGE, by HAMLIN GARLAND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What shall I do to be just? Last Line: My heart is aflame to be right. Subject(s): Justice; Prayer; Religion; Theology THE CRY OF THE HUMAN, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is no god,' the foolish saith Last Line: Be pitiful, o god. Variant Title(s): Convinced By Sorrow Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE CRYSTAL, by SIDNEY LANIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At midnight, death's and truth's unlocking time Last Line: Baltimore, 1880. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vain, sinful art! Who first did fit Last Line: She tempts to incest, thou to blood. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE DAY - THE WAY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Not for one single day Last Line: So I securely go. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: With a whirl of thought oppressed Last Line: I damn such fools! -- go, go, you're bit.' Variant Title(s): On The Day Of Judgement Subject(s): Bible; Hate; Judgment Day; Religion; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, by JOHN OF DAMASCUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The day of resurrection, / earth, tell it out abroad Last Line: Our joy that hath no end. Alternate Author Name(s): John Damascene; Chrysorrhoas Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology THE DAY-DREAM: PROLOGUE, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O lady flora, let me speak Last Line: And order'd words asunder fly. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE DEACON'S PRAYER, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE Poem Text First Line: The hymn had slowly died away Last Line: "as by one impulse, cried, ""amen!" Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology THE DEAD HEART, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is not a turtle Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DEATH AND PASSION: 23, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON Poem Text First Line: Unhappy merchant, thus t'expose thy lord Last Line: Of him, who came, this sicke worlde to redeeme. Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology THE DEATH AND PASSION: 24, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON Poem Text First Line: Oh blessed virgin, hadst thowe present bene Last Line: That juryes wealth, on hayre should never buy. Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology THE DEATH AND PASSION: 25, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON Poem Text First Line: But thowe true patterne of pure pyety Last Line: Goe buy thyne owne from those preistes murth'ring handes. Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology THE DEATH AND PASSION: 26, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON Poem Text First Line: And judas o yf greedy hope of gayne Last Line: Then scornefull foes, whose spight and pyde abhorre him. Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology THE DEATH AND PASSION: 27, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON Poem Text First Line: Oh what would lazarus new brought to live Last Line: Who lov'd him more then all ye world can doe. Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology THE DEATH AND PASSION: 28, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON Poem Text First Line: Yea leave the earth, and ask the angels bright Last Line: Thy guilt had bene the lesse, thy gayne the more. Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology THE DEATH AND PASSION: 29, by ELIZABETH MIDDLETON Poem Text First Line: But sin, with self conceit it self doth blind Last Line: Weare in his pow'r, to use him, as he please. Subject(s): Death; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Resurrection, The; Dead, The; Theology THE DEATH BABY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was an ice baby. / I turned to sky blue Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DEATH KING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I hired a carpenter Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DEATH OF MOSES, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Moses, who spake with god as with his friend Last Line: "he dwells not with you dead, but lives as law." Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Angels; Bible; Death; God; Law & Lawyers; Moses; Religion; Dead, The; Attorneys; Theology THE DEATH OF SAUL, by PHILIP LEVINE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sleeping armies of the living god Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE DEATH OF STEPHEN, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O power invincible of faith and love Last Line: Thus, martyr'd stephen, thus wert thou avenged. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Christianity; God; Martyrs; Religion; Stephen, Saint (d. 36 A.d.); Theology THE DEATH OF THE FATHERS: 4. SANTA, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Father, / the santa claus suit Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DEBT, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: This is the debt I pay Last Line: God! But the interest! Subject(s): Debt; Guilt; Religion; Theology THE DECISION, by THEODORE ROETHKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What shakes the eye but the invisible Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE DEPARTED FRIEND, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though he that ever kind and true Last Line: Waits on a stile. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Variant Title(s): Verses Written In 1872;resurgence Subject(s): Death; Friendship; Grief; Religion; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology THE DEPTHS OF LOVE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: From depths untold of tender love Last Line: The depths untold of love below. Subject(s): Love; Religion; Theology THE DESERTED VILLAGE, by OLIVER GOLDSMITH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet auburn! Loveliest village of the plain Last Line: As rocks resist the billows and the sky. Subject(s): Country Life; Freedom; Lishoy, Ireland; Mothers; Religion; Social Protest; Villages; Liberty; Theology THE DESPONDING SOUL'S WISH, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My spirit longeth for thee Last Line: And send it from above! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, Last Line: Hath melted like snow in the glance of the lord! Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Variant Title(s): Sennacherib Subject(s): Assyria; Bible; Death; Jews; Religion; Sennacherib, King Of Assyria; War; Dead, The; Judaism; Theology THE DISCIPLES AFTER THE ASCENSION, by ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He is gone! Beyond the skies Last Line: Thitherward let us ascend. Subject(s): Apostles; Ascension Day; Bible; Religion; Disciples, Twelve; Theology THE DIVAN, SELECTION, by NASIR-I KHUSRAU Poem Text First Line: God's gracious word in truth is an ocean of speech Last Line: Strive to hide. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE DIVINE IMAGE, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To mercy pity peace and love Last Line: There god is dwelling too. Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Religion; Theology THE DIVINE PARADOX, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A god and yet a man Last Line: By reason's power to reach it. / believe and leave to wonder! Variant Title(s): Wit Wonders Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE DIVINE PRESENCE, by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All but unutterable name! Last Line: From thee, o god, we fly -- to thee. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DIVISION OF PARTS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother, my mary gray Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DOCTOR OF THE HEART, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Take away your knowledge, doktor Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DONKEY, by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When fishes flew and forests walked Last Line: And palms before my feet. Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterton, G. K. Subject(s): Asses & Mules; Bible; Jesus Christ; Palm Sunday; Religion; Mules; Theology THE DOOMED MAN, by JOSEPH ADDISON ALEXANDER Poem Text First Line: There is a time, we know not when Last Line: "and harden not your heart." Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE DOUBLE IMAGE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: I am thirty this november Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DRAGON AND THE UNICORN: 4, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over switzerland broods the Subject(s): Dragons; Religion; Unicorns; Theology THE DREAM SONGS: 234. THE CARPENTER'S SON, by JOHN BERRYMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The child stood in the shed. The child went mad Last Line: The great man sought his retire Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, John, Jr. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE DREAM SONGS: 47. APRIL FOOL'S DAY, OR, ST MARY OF EGYPT, by JOHN BERRYMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thass a funny title, mr bones Last Line: Whom god has not visited Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, John, Jr. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE DREAM SONGS: 64, by JOHN BERRYMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Supreme my holdings, greater yet my need Last Line: Is blinds. Them blinds on fire Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, John, Jr. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE DREAMER, by SHAEMAS O'SHEEL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He whom a dream hath possessed knoweth no more of doubting Last Line: And rides god's battlefield in a flashing and golden car. Alternate Author Name(s): Shield, Shaemus; O Sheel, Seamus Subject(s): Dreams; Religion; Nightmares; Theology THE DRUMS OF GOD, by HERBERT KAUFMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The seed you sowed of death and hate Last Line: For them who come to do god's wrath. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, by JOHN WEBSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You are welcome to your country, dear antonio Last Line: [exeunt. Subject(s): Death; Despair; Freedom; Love; Religion; Tragedy; Dead, The; Liberty; Theology THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL, by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Vital spark of heavenly flame! / quit, o quit this mortal frame! Last Line: O death! Where is thy sting? Alternate Author Name(s): Hadrian Variant Title(s): Ode: The Dying Christian To His Soul Subject(s): Bible; Death; Heaven; Religion; Dead, The; Paradise; Theology THE EARLIEST CHRISTIAN HYMN, by TITUS FLAVIUS CLEMENS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Shepherd of tender youth, / guiding in love and truth Last Line: To christ the king! Alternate Author Name(s): Clement Of Alexandria Variant Title(s): Shepherd Of Eager Youth Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE EARTH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God loafs around heaven Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE EARTH FALLS DOWN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I could blame it all on the weather Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE END, by WILFRED OWEN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After the blast of lightning from the east Last Line: "nor my titanic tears the seas be dried." Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; Theology; First World War THE ENGLISH MARTYRS; A SCENE OF THE DAYS OF QUEEN MARY, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Morn once again! Morn in the lone, dim cell Last Line: Tis o'er! -- the bitterness of death is past! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE ENTHUSIAST, by HERMAN MELVILLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shall hearts that beat no base retreat Last Line: From fealty to light. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE ERRAND, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I've been going right on, page by page Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE ETERNAL CHRIST, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Our god is an eternal christ Last Line: And that right instantly. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE ETERNAL GOODNESS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O friends! With whom my feet have trod Last Line: My human heart on thee! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE EVERLASTING GOD, by EDWARD HENRY BICKERSTETH Poem Text First Line: O god, the rock of ages Last Line: An ocean without shore. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE EVIL EYE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It comes oozing / out of flowers at night Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE EVIL SEEKERS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are born with luck Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE EXCESSES OF GOD, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is it not by his superflousness we know Last Line: If power and desire were perch-mates Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE EXCURSION: BOOK 4. DESPONDENCY CORRECTED, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here closed the tenant of that lonely vale Last Line: Inviting sleep and soft forgetfulness. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE EXPATRIATES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: My dear, it was a moment Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FALL, by JOHN WILMOT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How blest was the created state Last Line: You love me for the frailer part. Alternate Author Name(s): Rochester, 2d Earl Of Subject(s): Bible; Love; Religion; Theology THE FALLEN ANGELS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They come on to my clean Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FALLING DOLLS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dolls, / by the thousands Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FARING OF FA-HIEN, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Through gobiland's sea of sand Last Line: I, fa-hien.' Subject(s): Buddhism; Deserts; Food & Eating; Monks; Religion; Travel; Buddha; Buddhists; Theology; Journeys; Trips THE FARMER'S SOLILOQUY, by ROBERT CHARLES O'HARA BENJAMIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! For a thousand tongues to sing Last Line: Whilst few ask for religion. Subject(s): Farm Life; Religion; Agriculture; Farmers; Theology THE FATHER'S BUSINESS, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who puts back into place a fallen bar Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE FEAST OF AGE, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: See where the light streams over connla's Last Line: Led by the king. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FEILIRE OF ADAMNAN, by ADAMNAN Poem Text First Line: Saints of four seasons! Last Line: Saints of the year! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE FIERCENESS OF FEMALE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am spinning, / I am spinning on the lips Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FIREBOMBERS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are america Subject(s): United States; Theology THE FIRST CAUSE, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Doubtless the linnet, shut within its cage Last Line: And all may not be good -- that all is well. Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE FLIGHT, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O wild heart, track the land's perfume Last Line: "one with the wild heart yearning." Subject(s): History; Mankind; Religion; Historians; Human Race; Theology THE FLIGHT IN THE DESERT, by WILLIAM EVERSON Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The last settlement scraggled out with a barbwire fence Last Line: Knuckles the generous beast, and feeds Alternate Author Name(s): Antoninus, Brother Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT; A BALLAD, by FRANCIS SYLVESTER MAHONY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's a legend that's told of a gypsy who dwelt Last Line: With her host on the bank of the nile. Alternate Author Name(s): Prout, Father Subject(s): Holy Family; Religion; Theology THE FOLLIES OF ADAM, by THEODORE ROETHKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Read me euripides Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE FORCE OF PRAYER; OR, THE FOUNDING OF BOLTON PRIORY, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is good for a bootless bene? Last Line: Of him to be our friend! Variant Title(s): The Boy Of Egremond Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE FORGOTTEN COUNTERSIGN, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Life met me on the threshold - young, divine Last Line: And love be more than a delusive dream! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE FORTRESS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under the pink quilted covers Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FORTUNATE ISLES, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You sail and you seek for the fortunate isles Last Line: And these, o friend, are the fortunate isles. Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE FOUNTS OF SONG, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What is the song I am singing?' Last Line: "in these dumb solitudes." Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Nature - Religious Aspects; Poetry & Poets; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Singing & Singers; Theology THE FRIEND'S BURIAL, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My thoughts are all in yonder town Last Line: Revealed in holy lives. Subject(s): Friendship; Funerals; Religion; Burials; Theology THE FROG PRINCE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Frau doktor / mama brundig Subject(s): Fairy Tales; God; Religion; Theology THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Spirit divine! Eternal, holy dove! Last Line: Creating light, and beauty, fruit, and flower! Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): God; Happiness; Holy Ghost; Love; Peace; Religion; Joy; Delight; Holy Spirit; Theology THE FURY OF BEAUTIFUL BONES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sing me a thrush, bone Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FURY OF COCKS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There they are Subject(s): God; Religion; Sex; Theology THE FURY OF COOKS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Herbs, garlic Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FURY OF FLOWERS AND WORMS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let the flowers make a journey Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FURY OF HATING EYES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I would like to bury Subject(s): God; Hate; Religion; Theology THE FURY OF OVERSHOES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They sit in a row / outside the kindergarten Subject(s): Children; God; Kindergarten; Religion; Shoes; Childhood; Theology; Boots; Sneakers; Shoemakers THE FURY OF SUNRISES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Darkness / as black as your eyelid Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FURY OF SUNSETS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Something / cold is in the air Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE FUTURE OF TERROR / 5, by MATTHEA HARVEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If there were gamebirds in our gables, Last Line: While we spun ever-so-slowly below Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE GARDEN, by ROSE PARKWOOD Poem Text First Line: Two of thy children one summer day worked in their garden, lord Last Line: Two of thy children, all the days of their life will work in thy garden, lord! Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Religion; Worship; Theology THE GARDEN OF GOD, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In a vineyard where grape-laden boughs Last Line: The bible, the garden of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Bible; Gardens & Gardening; God; Religion; Theology THE GARDEN OF GOD, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Within the iron cities Last Line: To sweeten the dead air. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; God; Jesus Christ - Life And Ministry; Religion; Theology THE GARDEN OF LOVE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I went to the garden of love Last Line: And binding with briars my joys & desires. Subject(s): Bible; Despair; Mythology; Religion; Theology THE GATE OF PRAYER, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In a dream I seemed to stand Last Line: "I bear, come thou to me." Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): God; Jesus Christ; Prayer; Religion; Theology THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, by ABRAHAM LINCOLN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fourscore and seven years ago Last Line: Shall not perish from the earth. Variant Title(s): At Gettysburg Subject(s): American Civil War; Gettysburg Campaign (1863); Religion; United States - History; United States; Gettysburg, Battle Of; Theology; America THE GIFT, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: They hung the lambs and cut t heir white throats. Blood Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE GIFT, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: Because I cannot speak the word Last Line: Deaf ears accursed and blinded eyes! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE GIFT, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As the wise men of old brought gifts Last Line: To worship / this perfection Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE GLORY OF RUINS, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The lizard rested on the rock while I sat among the ruins Last Line: God hath given eternity to the thought of man. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE GOAL, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All roads that lead to god are good Last Line: All roads that lead to god are good. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE GOAL AND THE WAY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The future lies / with those whose eyes Last Line: Who falters now shames god, and dies. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Holidays; Patriotism; Religion; Veterans Day; Theology THE GOD OF LOVE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: When christ, suffused in glory light Last Line: To heights beyond, above. Subject(s): God; Jesus Christ; Love; Religion; Theology THE GOD-MAKER, MAN, by DONALD ROBERT PERRY MARQUIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Nevermore / shall the shepherds of arcady follow Last Line: Humble, but open eyed. Alternate Author Name(s): Marquis, Don Subject(s): Future Life; God; Immortality; Mythology; Religion; Truth; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology THE GOD-MONGER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With all my questions Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE GOLD KEY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The speaker on this case Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE GOLDEN CORD, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Through every minute of this day Last Line: Be with thee, lord. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology THE GOOD SEED, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The magi came to bethlehem Last Line: A victim for the sons of men! Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE GOOD SHEPHERD WITH THE KID, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He saves the sheep, the goats he doth not save Last Line: And on his shoulders, not a lamb, a kid. Subject(s): Goats; God; Religion; Sheep; Theology THE GOODLY COMPANY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Thou with us, and we with thee Last Line: And with him is close allied. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE GRACE OF GOD, by CORINNE HUNTINGTON JACKSON Poem Text First Line: The lord's cross, so runs the old norse tale Last Line: From lips an hungered for its succulence? Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Eden; God; Heaven; Religion; Eve; Paradise; Theology THE GREAT WHEEL, by PAUL MARIANI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the tuileries we came upon the great wheel Subject(s): Religion; Tuileries Gardens, Paris; Theology THE GREATEST SIN, by J. A. PETERSON Poem Text First Line: My friend would guard my treasures as his own Last Line: He robbed me of my faith in god today. Variant Title(s): The Greater Sin Subject(s): Doubt; Faith; Friendship; God; Religion; Sin; Skepticism; Belief; Creed; Theology THE GREENWOOD SHRIFT; GEORGE III AND A DYING WOMAN IN WINDSOR FOREST, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Outstretched beneath the leafy shade Last Line: Knelt their anointed king. Subject(s): England; George Iii, King Of England (1738-1820); Religion; Windsor Forest, England; English; Theology THE GUEST, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Washed into the doorway Last Line: Of my knowing, but not asked Subject(s): Christianity; Guests; Religion; Visiting; Theology THE HA' BIBLE, by ROBERT NICOLL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, I could worship thee! Last Line: A sunbeam sent from god,—an everlasting bow! Subject(s): Bible; Books; God; Jews; Religion; Reading; Judaism; Theology THE HABIT OF PERFECTION, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Elected silence, sing to me Last Line: Your spouse not laboured-at nor spun. Subject(s): Bible; Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL, by KNOWLES SHAW Poem Text First Line: At the feast of belshazzar and a thousand of his lords Last Line: While the hand is writing on the wall? Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE HEARTS, by ROBERT PINSKY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The legendary muscle that wants and grieves, Subject(s): Hearts; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Muic & Musicians; Religion; Love - Unrequited; Theology THE HEN-ROOST MAN, by RUTH MCENERY STUART Poem Text First Line: De hen-roost man he'll preach about paul Last Line: An' he ain't by 'isself in dat. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE HIDDEN WEAVER, by ODELL SHEPARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There where he sits, in the cold, in the gloom Last Line: Wrought in the web of eternity. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE HIGH THINGS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The greatest day that ever dawned Last Line: Was the heart by man's sins torn. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE HIGHER GOOD, by THEODORE PARKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Father, I will not ask for wealth or fame Last Line: And lead still further on such as thy kingdom seek. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology THE HIGHER PANTHEISM, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, the hills and the plains Last Line: But if we could see and hear, this vision -- were it not he? Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Pantheism; Religion; Theology THE HILL, by ROBERT CREELEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: It is some time since I have been Subject(s): Men; Religion; Theology THE HILL-BORN, by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You who are born of the hills Last Line: In the hills you will find your god again. Alternate Author Name(s): Burt, Struthers Subject(s): God; Nature - Religious Aspects; Religion; Theology THE HILLS OF THE LORD, by WILLIAM CHANNING GANNETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God ploughed one day with an earthquake Last Line: And his peace everlasting to me. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE HINDOO SCEPTIC, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I think till I weary with thinking Last Line: And your god be no reflex of you Subject(s): Doubt;god;hinduism;religion; Skepticism;theology THE HINDOO'S DEATH, by GEORGE BIRDSEYE Poem Text First Line: A hindoo died; a happy thing to do Last Line: "begone! We'll have no fools in paradise!" Variant Title(s): Paradise; A Hindoo Legend Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion; Women; Theology THE HOLE IN THE SEA, by MARVIN BELL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's there Last Line: The driest thing there is. Subject(s): Courage; Language; Religion; Sea; Secrets; Spirituality; Story-telling; Valor; Bravery; Words; Vocabulary; Theology; Ocean THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (1), by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh book! Infinite sweetness! Let my heart Last Line: Subject to ev'ry mounters bended knee. Variant Title(s): The H. Scriptures (i) Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE HOMELESS POOR, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Calm the city lay in midnight silence Last Line: In thy homeless ones to succor thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Angels; Homeless; Poverty; Prayer; Religion; Theology THE HOPE OF THE WORLD, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Higher than heaven they sit Last Line: Who know not whence I am sped, nor to what port I sail. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE HOUND OF HEAVEN, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: I fled him, down the nights and down the days Last Line: "thou dravest love from thee, who dravest me." Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Faith; God; Jesus Christ; Redemption; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE HOUSE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In dreams / the same bad dream goes on Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, by SAM WALTER FOSS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There are hermit souls that live withdrawn Last Line: And be a friend to man. Subject(s): Humility; Religion; Theology THE HOUSE OF GOD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "prone upon the earth, in prayer, the weary nanac fell" Last Line: "where, crowned with deathless praise, his holy house is not!'" Subject(s): Clergy;god;religion; Priests;rabbis;ministers;bishops;theology THE HOUSE OF GOD, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We love the venerable house Last Line: Thou heart that lovest all. Variant Title(s): Hymn Sung At The Second Church, Boston ... Ordination Of Rev. Chandler Robbins Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 71. THE CHOICE (1), by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Eat thou and drink; to-morrow thou shalt die Last Line: And round their narrow lips the mould falls close. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 90. 'RETRO ME, SATHANA!', by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Get thee behind me. Even as, heavy-curled Last Line: For certain years, for certain months and days. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE HOUSE OF PAIN, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES Poem Text First Line: Unto the prison house of pain none willingly repair Last Line: For to no earthly dwelling-place seems god so strangely near! Subject(s): Pain; Religion; Suffering; Misery; Theology THE HOUSE OF PRIDE, by WILLIAM JAMES DAWSON Poem Text First Line: I lived with pride; the house was hung Last Line: And made our life a sacrament. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE HUMAN TOUCH, by SPENCER MICHAEL FREE Poem Text First Line: Tis the human touch in this world that counts Last Line: Sing on in the soul alway. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE HUMANIST, by GEOFFREY HILL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The venice portrait: he Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE HUNDRED BEST BOOKS, by MOSTYN T. PIGOTT Poem Text First Line: First there's the bible Last Line: And -- some verses of mine. Subject(s): Books; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Reading; Theology THE HUNGRY, by CAROLINE GILTINAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Whom does he love the most Last Line: "who die unsatisfied." Alternate Author Name(s): Harlow, Leo P., Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE IMPERCIPIENT (AT A CATHEDRAL SERVICE), by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That with this bright believing band Last Line: About us. Rest shall we. Subject(s): Agnosticism; Religion; Theology THE INDIAN UPON GOD, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I passed along the water's edge below the humid trees Last Line: His languid tail above us, lit wth myriad spots of light. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): God; Hinduism; Religion; Theology THE INEVITABLE, by SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I like the man who faces what he must Last Line: Who by a life heroic conquers fate. Variant Title(s): Conquering Fate Subject(s): Courage; Fate; Religion; Valor; Bravery; Destiny; Theology THE INN OF LIFE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: No room! No room! Last Line: Save as chiefest guest. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE INTERLUDE, by KARL SHAPIRO Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Much of transfiguration that we hear Subject(s): Insects; Death; Religion; Transfiguration; Bugs; Dead, The; Theology THE INTERROGATION OF THE MAN OF MANY HEARTS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who's she, / that one in your arms Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE INVENTORY OF GOODBYE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have a pack of letters Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE INVISIBLE, by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If there is naught but what we see Last Line: I know he lives and cares for me. Alternate Author Name(s): Hedbrooke, Andrew Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE INVITATION, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come ye hither all, whose taste Last Line: Where is all, there all should be. Subject(s): Bible; Consolation; Religion; Theology THE JACOB'S LADDER, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The stairway is not / a thing of gleaming strands Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion; Theology THE JEW, by ISAAC ROSENBERG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Moses, from whose loins I sprung Last Line: Then why do they sneer at me? Subject(s): Bible; Freedom; Jews; Religion; Soldiers' Writings; Liberty; Judaism; Theology THE JEW TO JESUS, by FLORENCE KIPER FRANK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O man of my own people, I alone Last Line: A thousand times have we been crucified. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How strange it seems! These hebrews in their graves Last Line: And the dead nations never rise again. Subject(s): Bible; Cemeteries; Jews; Newport, Rhode Island; Religion; Social Protest; Graveyards; Judaism; Theology THE JOVIAL PRIEST'S CONFESSION; TRANSLATED FROM LATIN WALTER DE MAPES, by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I devise to end my days - in a tavern drinking Last Line: And phoebus rushes into me, and beggareth all relation. Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh Subject(s): Clergy; Confessions; Religion; Translating & Interpreting; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THE JUBILEE OF 1850, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bless god, ye happy lands Last Line: She was our lady's dower. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Churches; England; Ireland; Love; Religion; Cathedrals; English; Irish; Theology THE KEY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: The cross of calvary Last Line: Of life reborn of death. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Future Life; Jesus Christ; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology THE KINDLY NEIGHBOR, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have a kindly neighbor, one who stands Last Line: When man has made the man next door his friend. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Neighbors; Peace; Religion; Theology THE KING, by MARY FRANCES MARSHALL BUTTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How plain soe'er the house or poor the guests Last Line: No longer poor the place where god takes part. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE KINGDOM OF GOD, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: O world invisible, we view thee Last Line: Not of gennesareth, but thames! Variant Title(s): In No Strange Land Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; Jesus Christ; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said the lord god, 'build a house' Last Line: That we darkly build today. Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterton, G. K. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE KINGS, by HENRY WILLIAM HOYNE Poem Text First Line: Three kings riding forth of old Last Line: You have wandered from your star! Subject(s): Christianity; Courts & Courtiers; Religion; Social Protest; War; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Theology THE KIRK'S ALARM, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Orthodox, orthodox, who believe in john knox Last Line: She could ca'us nae waur than we are. Subject(s): Knox, John (1513-1572); Religion; Theology THE KISS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mouth blooms like a cut Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE KNEELING CAMEL, by ANNA TEMPLE WHITNEY Poem Text First Line: The camel at the close of day Last Line: Will make thee bear. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE LABORER, by WILLIAM DAVIS GALLAGHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Stand up, erect! Thou hast the form Last Line: Of life may be well trod. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE LADDER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Saint augustine! Well hast thou said Last Line: To something nobler we attain. Subject(s): Augustine, Saint (354-430); Religion; Saints; Augustine Of Hippo; Theology THE LAMB, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Little lamb, who made thee: / dost thou know who made thee? Last Line: Little lamb god bless thee. Variant Title(s): The Lamb Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Lambs; Mythology; Religion; Theology THE LAMP OF LIFE, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Always we are following a light Last Line: Upon our way unknowing, in a dream. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE LAMP [LAMPE], by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis dead night round about: horror doth creep Last Line: And where thou mad'st an end, there I'll begin. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Immortality; Religion; Theology THE LAMPS ARE BURNING, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Jews; Religion; Anti-semitism; Judaism; Theology THE LAST HOPE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE Poem Text First Line: Lord, in the gloom of my distress Last Line: "and ""death"" were life's supreme appeal." Subject(s): Christianity; Death; Despair; God; Hope; Religion; Dead, The; Optimism; Theology THE LAST INVOCATION, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At the last, tenderly Last Line: Strong is your hold o love.) Variant Title(s): The Imprisoned Soul Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology THE LAST REVIEW, by EMILY J. BUGBEE Poem Text First Line: Twenty-one miles of boys in blue Last Line: His spirit would thrill at a scene like this. Subject(s): American Civil War; Religion; United States - History; Theology THE LATEST DECALOGUE, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou shalt have one god only; who Last Line: More than thyself to love thy neighbour. Subject(s): Bible; Calvinists; Hypocrisy; Religion; Social Protest; Ten Commandments; Theology THE LAW THAT MARRIES ALL THINGS, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The cloud is free only Last Line: Here here here here Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL: INTRODUCTION, by WALTER SCOTT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The way was long, the wind was cold Last Line: Twas thus the latest minstrel sung. Variant Title(s): The Minstrel Subject(s): Love; Religion; Scotland - Relations With England; Soldiers; Theology THE LEADEN-EYED, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let not young souls be smothered out before Last Line: Not that they die, but that they die like sheep. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Poverty; Religion; Social Protest; Theology THE LEGEND GLORIFIED, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I deem that god is not disquieted' Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE LEGEND OF THE ONE-EYED MAN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like oedipus I am losing my sight Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE LIAR'S PSALM: REPENTANCE, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: I repent the actual. It has never got me anywhere Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE LIFE-GIVER, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The earth to us her bread Last Line: Upon the ground. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Earth's stars of love and friendship fade Last Line: Reveals the god of love. Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology THE LILIES OF THE FIELD, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Flowers! When the saviour's calm benignant eye Last Line: Than yours, ye lilies! Chosen thus and graced! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies; Religion; Theology THE LIP AND THE HEART, by JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: One day between the lip and the heart Last Line: The silence of the heart. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE LISTENERS, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is there anbody there?' said the traveller Last Line: When the plunging hoofs were gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Ghosts; Religion; Supernatural; Theology THE LITANY, by DANA GIOIA Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is a litany of lost things Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology THE LITANY OF THE DARK PEOPLE, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our flesh that was a battle-ground Last Line: Are merged in paradise. Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE LITTLE CALVES OF LES HAIZETTES, by PAUL FORT Poem Text First Line: Here in my little hamlet, three most marvelos animals there be, three Last Line: Follow me the sweet, dark eyes of the little calves of les haizettes. Subject(s): Calves; Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology THE LITTLE ONES, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: The little ones are put in bed Last Line: We must have sinned,' sobbed emily. Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H. Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE LITTLE PEASANT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh how the women Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE LOOK, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The saviour looked on peter. Ay, no word Last Line: And filled the silence, weeping bitterly. Subject(s): Peter, Saint (c. 64 A.d.); Religion; Theology THE LOOM OF TIME, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Man's life is laid in the loom of time Last Line: For the pattern which he planned Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE LOOM OF YEARS, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the light of the silent stars that shine on the struggling sea Last Line: We come from the loom of the weaver that weaves the web of years. Variant Title(s): The Song Of Re-birth Subject(s): Religion; Time; Theology THE LORD SPEAKS, by KARLE WILSON BAKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God said to the puritan Last Line: "for those who rest from the river." Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Charlotte Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE LOST INGREDIENT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Almost yesterday, those gentle ladies stole Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE LOST KEY, by PRISCILLA LEONARD Poem Text First Line: The key of yesterday Last Line: Unlocks tomorrow. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE LOST SHEEP, by ELIZABETH CECILIA CLEPHANE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There were ninety and nine that safely lay Last Line: "rejoice, for the lord brings back his own!" Variant Title(s): Ninety And Nine Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE LOVE OF GOD, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: The love of god is limitless Last Line: Eternal life to man. Subject(s): Future Life; God; Love; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology THE LOVE OF GOD, by ELIZA SCUDDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou grace divine, encircling all Last Line: O love of god, to thee! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE MAD FARMER REVOLUTION, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The mad farmer, the thirsty one Last Line: Practice resurrection Subject(s): Christianity; Farm Life; Religion; Agriculture; Farmers; Theology THE MAGI, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now as at all times I can see in the mind's eye Last Line: The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Magi; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN: 11, by CECIL DAY LEWIS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Third defendant speaks / I have always acted for the best Last Line: The crust crumbles, the veins run vinegar Alternate Author Name(s): Blake, Nicolas Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE MAGNETIC MOUNTAIN: 21, by CECIL DAY LEWIS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Third enemy speaks / god is a proposition Last Line: The clinic trinity Alternate Author Name(s): Blake, Nicolas Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE MAIDEN VIOLAINE, SELECTION, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Text First Line: The angel of god bears tidings of peace Last Line: The vine. Subject(s): Angels; God; Religion; Theology THE MAIDEN WITHOUT HANDS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is it possible / he marries a cripple Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE MAN CHRIST, by THERESE (KARPER) LINDSEY Poem Text First Line: He built no temple, yet the farthest sea Last Line: The kingdom of the truth. Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Religion; Theology THE MAN OF SORROWS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Christ claims our help in many a strange disguise Last Line: "in every man that suffers, he, the man of sorrows, stands" Subject(s): Jesus Christ;religion; Theology THE MAN WITH THE HOE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Last Line: After the silence of the centuries? Subject(s): Art & Artists; Farm Life; Freedom; Labor & Laborers; Mankind; Millet, Jean Francois (1814-1875); Oppression; Paintings & Painters; Religion; Social Protest; Soldiers; Agriculture; Farmers; Liberty; Work; Workers; Human Race; Theology THE MARTYR, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: See, the sun hath risen Last Line: Satisfied with hopeful rest, and replete with god. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Heaven; Martyrs; Religion; Sin; Tears; Paradise; Theology THE MARTYRS' HYMN, by MARTIN LUTHER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Flung to the heedless winds Last Line: The one availing name. Subject(s): Martyrs; Religion; Theology THE MASKED BALL, by WILSON PUGSLEY MACDONALD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The heralds of dawn are blowing at the last star Last Line: And the dancers will lean homeward on their weariness. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE MASTER SINGS, by RHYS CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They move on tracks of never-ending light Last Line: God in his heaven bidding light arise. Variant Title(s): The Master-singers Subject(s): Religion; Singing & Singers; Theology; Songs THE MASTER'S TOUCH, by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the still air the music lies unheard Last Line: Thy perfect image, thou our god and lord! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE MASTER-PLAYER, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An old, worn harp that had been played Last Line: And brought forth music sweet and strong. Subject(s): Harps; Musical Instruments; Religion; Lyres; Theology THE MATER PIA, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: Softly the fading moon dies in the sky Last Line: Lullaby, lullaby, god is with thee. Subject(s): Catholic Church - Liturgy; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Messiah; Religion; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology THE MEANING OF THE LOOK, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I think that look of christ might seem to say Last Line: Because I know this man, let him be clear.' Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Peter, Saint (c. 64 A.d.); Religion; Theology THE MEANING OF THE WORD 'WRATH', by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God so loved the world! - by how tender a phrase Last Line: From the father and son, a life-spirit in man. Subject(s): Bible; God; Love; Religion; Saints; Theology THE MENORAH, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO Poem Text First Line: In the temple, softly, clearly burning Last Line: Is the blessed law of israel! Subject(s): Fasts & Feasts; Hanukkah; Israel; Jews; Religion; Temples; Judaism; Theology; Mosques THE MENTAL HOSPITAL GARDEN, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is far to assisi Last Line: The full meaning / of it / all Subject(s): Religion; Psychiatric Hospitals; Gardens & Gardening; Theology THE MENTAL TRAVELLER, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I travel'd thro' a land of men Last Line: And all is done as I have told. Subject(s): Bible; Imagination; Mythology; Religion; Vision; Fancy; Theology THE MILLENNIUM, by ROBERT POLLOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The animals, as once in eden, lived Last Line: And earth kept jubilee a thousand years. Alternate Author Name(s): Pollok, Robert Subject(s): Religion; Time; Theology THE MIND-READER, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Some things are truly lost. Think of a sun-hat Subject(s): Religion; Mind, The; Theology THE MISER, by LAURA BELL EVERETT Poem Text First Line: I have wasted nothing. O lord, I have saved Last Line: Time, and the talent thou gavest me. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE MIXED ASSEMBLY, by JOHN CLEVELAND Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Flea-bitten synod, an assembly brewed Last Line: Is clergy-lay, party-per-pale compounded. Subject(s): Burges, Cornelius (1589-1665); Conventions; Kimbolton, Edward, Lord (1602-1671); Politics & Government; Religion; Twisse, William (1578-1646); Wharton, Philip, 4th Lord (1613-1696); Assemblies; Meetings; Theology THE MODERN MADONNA, by ALICE MAUDE SPOKES Poem Text First Line: In paintings of the madonna and her child Last Line: "a gas-mask on his ""madonna and her saint." Subject(s): Christianity; Paintings And Painters; Religion; Theology THE MONASTERY ORCHARD IN EARLY SPRING, by KATHLEEN NORRIS (1947-) Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: God's cows are in the fields Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE MONK IN THE KITCHEN, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Order is a lovely thing Last Line: What are we? I know not. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE MORNING'S NEWS, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To moralize the state, they drag out a man Last Line: Through me, toward the ground Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE MOTHER OF GOD, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The threefold terror of love; a fallen flare Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE MOURNFUL LUTE OR THE PRECEPTOR'S FAREWELL, by DANIEL ALEXANDER PAYNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Father and mother, authors of my birth Last Line: Is all I ask, let weal or woe abound. Subject(s): Farewell; Religion; Parting; Theology THE MYSTIC, by GERTRUDE BONE Poem Text First Line: In the still light Last Line: And on the bitter lips of the unkind. Subject(s): Mysticism; Religion; Theology THE MYSTIC'S PRAYER, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lay me to sleep in sheltering flame Last Line: My soul's desire. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Desire; Fire; Mysticism; Prayer; Religion; Sleep; Theology THE MYSTIC'S VISION, by MATHILDE BLIND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! I shall kill myself with dreams Last Line: Your love within my bosom glows. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE NAME OF JESUS, by JOHN NEWTON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: How sweet the name of jesus sounds / in a believer's ear! Last Line: Refresh my soul in death. Variant Title(s): The Precious Name Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE NAMES OF OUR LADY, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Through the wide world thy children raise Last Line: The first we breathe in heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary Subject(s): Mary And Martha (bible); Names; Prayer; Religion; Women; Women In The Bible; Theology THE NATIVITY, by BEN JONSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I sing the birth was born tonight Last Line: Can man forget this story? Variant Title(s): A Hymn On The Nativity Of My Saviour;a Hymn For The The Nativity Of My Savior Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST, by ROBERT SOUTHWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Behold the father is his daughter's son Last Line: Whose taste, doth us from beasts to men renew. Variant Title(s): Parem Parit Filia Subject(s): Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE NEED FOR MEN, by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God, give us men! A time like this demands Last Line: Wrong rules the land and waiting justice sleeps. Variant Title(s): Wanted Subject(s): God; Leadership; Patriotism; Religion; Theology THE NEGRO MEETS TO PRAY, by DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS Poem Text First Line: In days of old, when our fond mother earth Last Line: For war-scarred veterans, god's sweet welcome home. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE NEW AGE, by FREDERIC LAWRENCE KNOWLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When navies are forgotten Last Line: In the victory which is peace. Alternate Author Name(s): Paget, R. L. Variant Title(s): The Victory Which Is Peace Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology THE NEW APOCRYPHA: BUSINESS REVERSES, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Everything! Counter and scales Last Line: In the land of galilee. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE NEW COLOSSUS, by EMMA LAZARUS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not like the brazen giant of greek fame Last Line: "I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Subject(s): Americans; Art & Artists; Freedom; Immigrants; Religion; Statue Of Liberty; United States; Liberty; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Theology; America THE NEW LEAF, by HELEN FIELD FISCHER Poem Text First Line: He came to my desk with a quivering lip Last Line: "do better now, my child!" Subject(s): Errors; Religion; Mistakes; Fallacies; Theology THE NEW MIRACLE, by JOHN DRINKWATER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of old men wrought strange gods for mystery Last Line: Unfathomable thought. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE NEW SINAI, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lo, here is god, and there is god! Last Line: And thou shalt do, o man! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE NIGHT, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Through the pure virgin-shrine Last Line: Might live invisible and dim! Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Jesus Christ; Night; Religion; Belief; Creed; Bedtime; Theology THE NOBLE LIFE, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: True worth is in being, not seeming Last Line: Whatever his fortunes or birth. Variant Title(s): Nobility Subject(s): Honesty; Religion; Theology THE NUDE SWIM, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the southwest side of capri Subject(s): God; Religion; Sports; Theology THE NUN: A CANTATA, by EDWARD MOORE (1712-1757) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of constance holy legends tell Last Line: The righteous find comfort in death.' Subject(s): Chastity; Clergy; Lust; Nuns; Religion; Sin; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THE OLD BOOK, by ABRAM SAMUEL ISAACS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O book of books, and friend of friends alone Last Line: Thy radiant light is ever shining there Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology THE OLD ENEMY, by SARA TEASDALE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rebellion against death, the old rebellion Last Line: Under the planet at the evening's end. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology THE OLD LUTHERAN BELLS AT HOME, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These are the voices of the pastors calling Subject(s): Bells; Religion; Theology THE OPERATION, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: After the sweet promise Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE OTHER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Under my bowels, yellow with smoke, it waits Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE OVER-HEART, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Above, below, in sky and sod Last Line: And trust the unknown for the known. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE PACT, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They have no pact to sign - our peaceful dead Last Line: Our dead will rise again. Subject(s): Death; Religion; War; Dead, The; Theology THE PAPA AND MAMA DANCE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Taking into consideration all your loveliness Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE PARABLE OF THE OLD MAN AND THE YOUNG, by WILFRED OWEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: So abram rose, and clave the wood, and went Last Line: And half the seed of europe, one by one. Subject(s): Abraham; Bible; Isaac (bible); Religion; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; Theology; First World War THE PASSION OF THE MAD RABBIT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While the carrots sang arias into the holy earth Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE PASSIONATE MAN'S PILGRIMAGE, by WALTER RALEIGH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Give me my scallop shell of quiet Last Line: To tread those blest paths which before I writ Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter Variant Title(s): His Pilgrimage;faith;the Pilgrim;the Pilgrimage;the Soul's Pilgrimage Subject(s): Bible; Consolation; Religion; Theology THE PASTOR'S REVERIE, by WASHINGTON GLADDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The pastor sits in his easy-chair Last Line: And brighten the homeward road. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THE PATH IN THE SKY, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The woods were dark, and the night was black Last Line: And walk on earth by the path in the sky. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PATHWAY OF RIVERS, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rivers of god are full of water Last Line: Let me run in blessing to my rest in thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PEACEFUL SHEPHERD, by ROBERT FROST Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If heaven were to do again Last Line: As well have been the sword Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PEARL, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I know the ways of learning; both the head Last Line: To climb to thee. Variant Title(s): The Pearl. Matth. 13. 45 Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE PEASANT POET, by JOHN CLARE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He loved the brook's soft sound Last Line: A poet in his joy. Subject(s): Peasantry; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology THE PHARISEE, by EBENEZER SMITH Poem Text First Line: The incarnation of all evil! Last Line: To find a man so pious there. Subject(s): Devil; Evil; Religion; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Theology THE PHRASE OF THINE ACTIONS, by ERIC PANKEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What I know of the sacred is a gloss Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PILGRIM FATHERS, by LEONARD BACON (1802-1881) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O god, beneath thy guiding hand Last Line: And spring adorns the earth no more. Variant Title(s): Forefathers' Hymn Subject(s): Pilgrim Fathers; Religion; Theology THE PILGRIM WAY, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: But once I pass this way Last Line: To day. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PILLAR OF THE CLOUD, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom Last Line: Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. Variant Title(s): Faith - Heavenly Leadings;guidance Subject(s): Bible; Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE PILLOW, by JAMES MONTGOMERY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The head that oft this pillow press'd Last Line: To heaven his gentle spirit rose. Alternate Author Name(s): The Common Lot Subject(s): Pillows; Religion; Theology THE PLACE OF PEACE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At the heart of the cyclone tearing the sky Last Line: In the hollow of god's palm. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PLACE OF REST, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Unto the deep the deep heart goes Last Line: The mother takes her child again. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Comfort; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary; Theology THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All folks who pretend to religion and grace Last Line: How happy for us, that it is not at home! Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE PLAY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am the only actor Last Line: Don’t you agree? Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE POEM I SHOULD LIKE TO WRITE, by MARGARET A. WINDES Poem Text First Line: The poem I should like to write was written long ago Last Line: The master poet wrote it—each burning word and line. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Religion; Theology THE POET, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: His home is on the heights; to him Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE POET OF IGNORANCE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Perhaps the earth is floating Last Line: But who am I to believe in dreams? Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE POET'S PRAYER, by IVAN SWIFT Poem Text First Line: Thy semblant beauty creeping through the world Last Line: And she who beauty is, I'll not forget! Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE POET'S SIMPLE FAITH, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You say, 'where goest thou?' I cannot tell Last Line: My future is not one of my concerns. Variant Title(s): The Faith Of The Poet Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE POLTERGEIST, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A weak, diaphanous spirit wavered in Last Line: "after this life know like futility?" Subject(s): Ghosts; Religion; Supernatural; Theology THE POWER HOUSE, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Every day I go past Last Line: Or the walt whitman flywheel! Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PRAEEXISTENCY OF THE SOUL, by HENRY MORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rise then aristo's son! Assist my muse Last Line: Full freedome, joy and peace she lively doth possesse. Subject(s): Religion; Soul; Theology THE PRAYER, by AUSTIN PHILIPS Poem Text First Line: Of them that sit within the gate Last Line: To know it pinchbeck at the last! Subject(s): Churches; Faith; Prayer; Religion; Cathedrals; Belief; Creed; Theology THE PRAYER, by JONES VERY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wilt thou not visit me? Last Line: My spirit loves with thine in peace to dwell. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PREACHER'S WIFE, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God bless his wife, the preacher's wife Last Line: The rising of the just. Subject(s): Life; Marriage; Religion; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology THE PRESENT CRISIS, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When a deed is done for freedom, through the broad earth's aching breast Last Line: Blood-rusted key. Subject(s): Freedom; Justice; Religion; United States; Liberty; Theology; America THE PRIEST, by NICHOLAS BRETON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I would I were an excellent divine Last Line: And grace to all, that all may be amended. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THE PRINCE OF LIFE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: O, prince of life, thy life hath tuned Last Line: By thought or deed, thy love again. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PRINCESS; A MEDLEY, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sir walter vivian all a summer's day Last Line: From those rich silks, and home well-pleased we went. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Echoes; Mothers; Religion; Sea; Supernatural; Women's Rights; Theology; Ocean; Feminism THE PRODIGAL SON, by ROBERT BLY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The prodigal son is kneeling in the husks Last Line: Under the water there's a door the pigs have gone through Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Old Age; Theology THE PROOF, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shall I love god for causing me to be Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE PRUNER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: God is a zealous pruner Last Line: But spoils the rose. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE PULLEY, by GEORGE HERBERT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When god at first made man Last Line: May toss him to my breast. Variant Title(s): The Gifts Of God;rest Subject(s): Bible; Creation; God; Mankind; Melancholy; Redemption; Religion; Human Race; Dejection; Theology THE PURITAN WAY OF DEATH, by DAVID BAKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How hard this life is hallowed by the body Last Line: She reminds us always of this death, this life, which is redundant, awful, endless, and ours Subject(s): Religion; Spirituality; Theology THE QUAKER MEETING-HOUSE, by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond the corn-rows from our barracks stood Last Line: With windows burning like the fires of home. Subject(s): Friends, Religious Society Of; Houses; Religion; War; World War I; Quakers; Theology; First World War THE QUARREL OF FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY, by HORACE SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once faith, hope, and charity traversed the land Last Line: "when I choose for my temple an innocent heart." Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Horatio Subject(s): Charity; Faith; God; Hope; Love; Religion; Philanthropy; Belief; Creed; Optimism; Theology THE QUARRY, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Between the rice swamps and the fields of tea Last Line: They settled to the slot and disappeared. Subject(s): Eden; Elephants; Love; Philippines; Religion; Theology THE QUEST, by CHESTER B. EMERSON Poem Text First Line: I asked for bread Last Line: To bear and lift and to be hanged upon. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE QUEST, by EVA GORE-BOOTH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: For years I sought the many in the one Last Line: The dream that many a twilight hour enfolds. Alternate Author Name(s): Selina Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE QUEST, by ELIZA SCUDDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot find thee! Still on restless pinion Last Line: And I must rest at last in thee, my home. Variant Title(s): "who By Searching Can Find Out God?;'whither Shall I Go?""; Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology THE RABBI'S SONG, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If thought ever reach to heaven Last Line: Be not expelled from him. Subject(s): Bible; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology THE RAINBOW, by DAVID BAKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If things were worse, this cursed rain Subject(s): Sewall, Samuel (1652-1730); Religion; Weather; Theology THE RAINBOW [IN THE SKY], by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: My heart leaps up when I behold Last Line: Bound each to each by natural piety. Variant Title(s): "my Heart Leaps Up When I Behold"";my Heart Leaps Up; Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Nature; Rainbows; Religion; Work; Workers; Theology THE RAINBOW: OR CURIOUS COVENANT, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mine eyes, like clouds, were drizling raine Last Line: No more wo'd drown mine eyes, or me. Subject(s): Bible; Rainbows; Religion; Theology THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He that was dead rose up and spoke - he spoke Last Line: Put on submissive strength, to meet, not question, death! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE REAPER'S DREAM, by THOMAS BUCHANAN READ Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The road was lone; the grass was dank Last Line: The look as of an answered prayer. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE REBEL, by MARI E. EVANS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I / die Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE RED SHOES, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I stand in the ring Last Line: What they did would do them in Subject(s): Women; Shoes; Theology THE REDEEMER, by WILLIAM SHARP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I know that my redeemer liveth - but out of the depths of time Last Line: "shout ""thy redeemer liveth, o human soul, and crieth for thee!" Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE RESCUE ON THE MEXICAN BORDER, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now to the lord almighty Last Line: We lift our hearts in praise! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Boundaries; God; Religion; Borders; Theology THE RESPECTABLE BURGHER, ON 'THE HIGHER CRITICISM', by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Since reverend doctors now declare Last Line: And read that moderate man voltaire. Subject(s): Bible; Public Worship; Religion; Church Attendance; Theology THE RETURN, by JOHN BURROUGHS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He sought the old scenes with eager feet Last Line: He cannot go back to his youth. Subject(s): Aging; Homecoming; Religion; Theology THE REWARD, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who, looking backward from his manhood's prime Last Line: Can henceforth part. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE RHODORA: ON BEING ASKED, WHENCE IS THE FLOWER?, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In may, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes Last Line: The self-same power that brought me there brought you. Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Religion; Rhodora; Theology THE RIGHT MUST WIN, by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O, it is hard to work for god Last Line: To falter would be sin! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE RIGHT WAY, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, is it still the right way, though I cannot see thy face Last Line: Where faith melts into vision as the starlight into day. Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE RISE OF MAN, by JOHN WHITE CHADWICK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou for whose birth the whole creation yearned Last Line: Of those perfections which are yet to be. Subject(s): Mankind; Religion; Human Race; Theology THE RIVALS, by ROBERT WHITAKER Poem Text First Line: Freedom and faith went wooing for a soul Last Line: "upon the track that runs from goal to goal." Subject(s): Faith; Freedom; Religion; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Theology THE RIVER BRIDGED AND FORGOT, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bridged and forgot, the river Last Line: Is this memory or promise? Subject(s): Religion; Rivers; Theology THE ROAD BACK, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The car is heavy with children Subject(s): God; Religion; Vacation; Theology THE ROAD TO CHURCH, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rutted by wheels and scarred by hoofs Last Line: Which they shall walk no more. Subject(s): Churches; Religion; Roads; Cathedrals; Theology; Paths; Trails THE ROAD TO REST, by MARIANNE CLARKE Poem Text First Line: You long for rest Last Line: Rest, faith, strength, peace. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE ROCK OF LIBERTY; A PILGRIM ODE, 1620-1920: 2. STRUGGLE, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The lord is my strength; of whom shall I be afraid Last Line: Of a greater hope than men have known! Subject(s): Pilgrim Fathers; Religion; Theology THE ROCK OF LIBERTY; A PILGRIM ODE, 1620-1920: 3. ACHIEVEMENT, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We have felled the forest and pierced the hill Last Line: Amen. Subject(s): Freedom; Patriotism; Pilgrim Fathers; Religion; Success; Liberty; Theology THE ROCK OF LIBERTY; A PILGRIM ODE, 1629-1920: 1. VISION, by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord god of hosts, defender of the weak Last Line: Should through the ages ring! Subject(s): Freedom; Mayflower (ship); Pilgrim Fathers; Prayer; Religion; Liberty; Theology THE ROCK: CHORUS 1, by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The eagle soars in the summit of heaven Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, T. S. Variant Title(s): Knowledge Without Wisdom Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE ROOM OF MY LIFE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here, / in the room of my life Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE ROSE OF SHARON AND THE LILY OF THE VALLEYS, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Wilt thou hearken to thy saviour Last Line: That the souls redeeméd know! Subject(s): Christianity; Jesus Christ; Religion; Sin; Theology THE ROWING ENDETH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm mooring my rowboat Last Line: That untamable, eternal, gut-driven ha-ha and lucky love Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE RUBAIYAT, 1859 EDITION: 46, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: For in and out, above, below Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 16, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Last Line: Lighting a little hour or two -- is gone. Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar Subject(s): Freedom; Religion; Time; Liberty; Theology THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 68, by OMAR KHAYYAM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are no other than a moving row Last Line: In midnight by the master of the show; Alternate Author Name(s): Khayyam, Omar Variant Title(s): Fatalism Subject(s): Religion; Time; Theology THE RUG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O siva! / beat my soul like a rug Last Line: O siva! Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF FIRE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Kneel always when you light a fire! Last Line: To god for his unfailing charity! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Fire; Religion; Sacraments; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF FOOD, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Each meal should be a sacramental feast Last Line: And pass, -- to live more worthily again. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Food & Eating; Religion; Sacraments; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF LIFE AND DEATH, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Life is god's sacramental gift Last Line: From all earth's sorrows with god's gift of peace! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Death; Life; Religion; Sacraments; Dead, The; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF LIGHT, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: In that far off dim dawn Last Line: And see thou use it right! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Light; Religion; Sacraments; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF LOVE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Love is the sacrament of sacraments Last Line: Thank god for love, -- his first, -- then yours! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Love; Religion; Sacraments; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF PAIN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Pain is god's husbandman that turns the clods Last Line: He made of death the opener of life's door. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Pain; Religion; Sacraments; Suffering; Misery; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF SLEEP, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Thank god for sleep! Last Line: To feel the comfort of his soft embrace. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Sacraments; Sleep; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF WATER, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Crystal clear from the throne of god Last Line: For all fair, fresh, running water! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Sacraments; Water; Theology THE SACRAMENT OF WORK, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Upon thy bended knees thank god for work Last Line: We thank thee, lord! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Religion; Sacraments; Work; Workers; Theology THE SACRED BIRD, by JACK MERTEN Poem Text First Line: The sacred bird picks golden corn Last Line: Golden corn where the stars are thick. Subject(s): Clergy; Prayer; Prophecy & Prophets; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB WAS HE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Christ lived, and died, and rose that we Last Line: Who died that day for you and me. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE SAINT, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And one there was whose face was softly set Last Line: To thee, my god, to thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SCAPEGOAT, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They bore me away from the happy flock Last Line: God only knows, not I! Subject(s): Crucifixion; Goats; Guilt; Jesus Christ; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE SEARCH, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis now clear day: I see a rose Last Line: Travels in clouds, seeks manna, where none is. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE SEARCH (1), by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I went to seek for christ Last Line: His throne is with the outcast and the weak. Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE SECOND COMING, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The saviour came. With trembling lips Last Line: "so much for calvary!"" he said." Subject(s): Europe; Religion; Second Advent; Theology; Second Coming Of Christ THE SECOND COMING, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Turning and turning in the widening gyre Last Line: Slouches towards bethlehem to be born? Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Bible; Birds; Chaos; Easter; History; Holidays; Imagination; Judgment Day; Men; Millenium; Religion; Vision; War; The Resurrection; Historians; Fancy; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology THE SECRET PLACE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Each soul has its own secret place Last Line: Of all good company. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If this world's friends might see but once Last Line: Till the white-winged reapers come! Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology THE SEEKER AFTER GOD, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was a dreamer once, whose spirit trod Last Line: God, on that instant, visited his heart! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SEMAPHORE, by ARDEN MURDOCK ROCKWOOD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They tell us that in ancient times, a rod Last Line: Men win their way by joining hands with god. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SERMON OF THE TWELVE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: January? / the month is dumb Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Six young men of caesar's household Last Line: Led them unto paradise. Subject(s): Caesar, Julius (100-44 B.c.); Religion; Sleep; Theology THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: MAY, by EDMUND SPENSER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is not thilke the mery moneth of may Last Line: I hold it best for us home to hye. Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin Variant Title(s): The Old Shepherd's May Song Subject(s): Country Life; May (month); Religion; Theology THE SHEPHERD'S SABBATH SONG, by JOHANN LUDWIG UHLAND Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: See, the sabbath of the lord Last Line: Sheds its holy beams abroad! Subject(s): God; Religion; Sabbath; Theology; Sunday THE SHEPHERDS, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet, harmless lives! (on whose holy leisure Last Line: Their day was dark and dim. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE SICKNESS UNTO DEATH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God went out of me Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE SIFTING OF PETER, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In saint luke's gospel we are told Last Line: No longer. Subject(s): Devil; Religion; Sin; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Theology THE SILENCE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My room is whitewashed Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE SILENT PLACES, by HAROLD M. HILDRETH Poem Text First Line: I have come back from the mountains Last Line: And speak once more with my god. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SIN, by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No, I will not crawl away Last Line: That broke the sod. Subject(s): Religion; Sin; Theology THE SIN OF OMISSION, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It isn't the thing you do, dear Last Line: At the setting of the sun. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Variant Title(s): At Sunset Subject(s): Religion; Sin; Theology THE SISTER AT A MATERNITY HOSPITAL, by R. ALEXANDER BATE Poem Text First Line: When sister through the doorway peeps Last Line: Madonna and the child asleep. Subject(s): Birth; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Religion; Sisters; Women In The Bible; Child Birth; Midwifery; Virgin Mary; Theology THE SISTERS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The waves forever move Last Line: A mary's cloistered prayer. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Sisters; Theology THE SLAVE, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They set the slave free, striking off his chains Last Line: Free men set themselves free. Subject(s): Freedom; Religion; Slavery; Liberty; Theology; Serfs THE SLEEP, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of all the thoughts of god that are / borne inward unto souls afar Last Line: "he giveth his beloved sleep." Variant Title(s): He Giveth His Beloved Sleep;to Sleep Subject(s): Bible; Death; Jews; Religion; Sleep; Dead, The; Judaism; Theology THE SLEEPING CITY, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A princess in the eastern tale Last Line: Its latest life beyond recall. Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Sin; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology THE SLIP, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The river takes the land, and leaves nothing Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE SNOW MAN, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: One must have a mind of winter Last Line: Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is. Subject(s): God; Nature; Perception; Religion; Theology THE SNOWFALL, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The classic landscapes of dreams are not Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SOLDIER'S FUNERAL, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is the funeral march. I did not think Last Line: A mere machine of murder. Subject(s): Fate; Funerals; God; Mortality; Murder; Religion; Soldiers; Destiny; Burials; Theology THE SONG OF A CHRISTIAN SOJOURNER IN AMERICA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: If christ be god, I him adore Last Line: Nor sin nor hell shall come between. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE SONG OF A HEATHEN, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If jesus christ is a man Last Line: The earth, the sea, and the air! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE SONG OF DAVID, by CHRISTOPHER SHARP Poem Text First Line: He sang of god, the mighty source Last Line: "replied, ""o lord thou art." Subject(s): David (d. 962 B.c.); God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology THE SONG OF ISRAFEL, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The poet-seraph israfel, chief player on / the lyre Last Line: The song that soars, the song that leaps, beyond the written word! Subject(s): Religion; Singing & Singers; Theology; Songs THE SONG OF JOSEPH, by MARY BRENT WHITESIDE Poem Text First Line: None shall make a yoke or plow Last Line: In the light of god. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SONG OF MUEZZIN ABOU, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I wake at dawn and fling sleep from my eyes Last Line: Allahu akbar! 'llah il allah! Allah! Subject(s): India; Religion; Singing & Singers; Sleep; Theology THE SONG OF THE MAN, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The woman gave, and I did eat Last Line: "so dieth death!" Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SONG OF THE SHIRT, by THOMAS HOOD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With fingers weary and worn Last Line: "she sang this ""song of the shirt!" Subject(s): Adversity; Freedom; Labor & Laborers; Religion; Social Protest; Liberty; Work; Workers; Theology THE SOUL, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: The soul has its own Last Line: White image of god. Subject(s): God; Love; Religion; Theology THE SOUL'S CRY, by RAY PALMER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O, ever from the deeps Last Line: Where the sweet streams of peace and safety flow. Subject(s): Religion; Soul; Theology THE SOUL'S DEFIANCE, by LAVINIA STONE STODDARD Poem Text First Line: I said to sorrow's awful storm Last Line: Shall pass away. Subject(s): Religion; Soul; Theology THE SOUL'S EXPRESSION, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With stammering lips and insufficient sound Last Line: Before that dread apocalypse of soul. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SOUL'S PRAYER, by SAROJINI NAIDU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In childhood's pride I said to thee Last Line: "and death the shadow of my face." Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SOVEREIGN POET, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He sits above the clang and dust of time Last Line: This hath a relish of eternity. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SPANISH GYPSY: BOOK 4, by MARY ANN EVANS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now twice the day had sunk from off the hills Last Line: Their ignorant misery and their trust in her Alternate Author Name(s): Eliot, George; Cross, Marian Lewes; Evans, Marian; Ann, Mary Subject(s): Christianity; Gypsies; Inquisition; Man-woman Relationships; Moors (land); Religion; Spain; War; Gipsies; Male-female Relations; Theology THE SPELL OF THE YUKON, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I wanted the gold and I sought it Last Line: It's the stillness that fills me with peace. Variant Title(s): The Land God Forgot Subject(s): Gold; Religion; Yukon Territory; Theology THE SPIRIT OF NATURE, by RICHARD REALF Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O earth! Thou hast not any wind that blows Last Line: The fringes of the sunsets and the hills. Variant Title(s): The Word;symbolisms: Sonnet 3;the Ever-present Spirit Subject(s): Animals; Religion; Theology THE SPIRITUAL BODY, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have a heavenly home Last Line: Upon my naked and unsheltered soul! Subject(s): Death; Grief; Religion; Soul; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Theology THE SPLEEN; AN EPISTLE TO MR. CUTHBERT JACKSON, by MATTHEW GREEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This motley piece to you I send Last Line: Life's voyage to the world unknown. Subject(s): Politics & Government; Religion; Social Problems; Spleen (organ); Theology THE SPREAD TABLE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Where'er I be, lord, spread for me Last Line: To other men. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE STAND-INS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the dream / the swastika is neon Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM, by HENRY KIRKE WHITE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: When, marshaled on the nightly plain Last Line: The star! -- the star of bethlehem! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE STAR OF GOD'S MALISON, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hanging leprous and white in the wide / universe Last Line: Along the dread hush of a desolate land. Subject(s): Desolation; Leprosy; Religion; Lepers; Theology THE STARRY NIGHT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The town does not exist Subject(s): Depression, Mental; God; Religion; Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890); Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress; Theology THE STONE, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have it now Last Line: As one than dust more vile and vain. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE STORY OF JOSHUA, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We reach the promised land Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE STREAM OF FAITH, by WILLIAM CHANNING GANNETT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: From heart to heart, from creed to creed Last Line: That ever-deepening roll! Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE STRENGTH OF FIELDS, by JAMES DICKEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Moth-force a small town always has, Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE STUPID OLD BODY, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do not pay too much attention to the stupid old body Last Line: Which alone after all is death. Subject(s): Bodies; Religion; Theology THE SUN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have heard of fish Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE SUN, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Long before the postman comes Last Line: We thank thee for the sun's good light. Subject(s): Children; God; Gratitude; Prayer; Religion; Summer; Childhood; Theology THE SUN-THIEF, by RHYS CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A desolate mountain region. Snow and Last Line: Cold and clear in the moonlight. Unbroken silence.] Subject(s): Earth; Escapes; Fire; Grief; Hermes (mythology); Humanity; Love; Mythology; Prisons & Prisoners; Prometheus; Religion; Sun; Zeus; World; Fugitives; Sorrow; Sadness; Convicts; Theology THE SUNBEAM, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A ladder from the land of light Last Line: Climb back again to god. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Night; Religion; Bedtime; Theology THE SUNDAY RAIL: 2. A SCOTTISH SUMMER SABBATH MORNING, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The still repose, the holy calm Last Line: By idle pleasure, sin, and folly. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Railroads; Religion; Sabbath; Scotland; Railways; Trains; Theology; Sunday THE SURVIVOR, by FREDERIC LAWRENCE KNOWLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the last day is ended Last Line: While the worlds lie dead! Alternate Author Name(s): Paget, R. L. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE SWEEPER OF THE FLOOR, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Methought that in a solemn church I stood Last Line: It is the lord! I cried, and saw no more. Subject(s): Churches; Cleanliness; Labor & Laborers; Religion; Cathedrals; Work; Workers; Theology THE SYCAMORE, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the place that is my own place, whose earth Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE SYMBOL LOVE CHOSE; A RED CROSS POEM, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: Love:--that sweet goddess of mercy Last Line: He gave her this symbol of red. Subject(s): Calvary; Cross, The; Crucifixion; Love; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE TABLES TURNED, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Up! Up! My friend, and clear your looks Last Line: That watches and receives. Subject(s): Country Life; Environment; Nature; Religion; Trees; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Theology THE TAKER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: While the house was away Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE TAKING DOWN, by WYATT PRUNTY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ever since the seriously ill were sent away, Subject(s): Christmas Trees; Religion; Theology THE TAPESTRY WEAVERS, by ANSON G. CHESTER Poem Text First Line: Let us take to our heart a lesson, no braver lesson can be Last Line: And god shall give him gold for his hire -- not coin, but a crown! Subject(s): Religion; Tapestries; Weaving & Weavers; Theology THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 4. THE BROTHER OF MERCY, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Piero luca, known of all the town Last Line: He saw the shining of an angel's face! Subject(s): Monks; Religion; Theology THE TENTH MUSE: THE VANITY OF ALL WORLDLY THINGS, by ANNE BRADSTREET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As he said vanity, so vain say I Last Line: And all the rest, but vanity we find. Subject(s): Bible; Children; Home; Marriage; Puritans; Religion; Sickness; Vanity; Childhood; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology; Illness THE TESTS OF PEACE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: No less than war peace has its acid tests Last Line: And the welfare of mankind! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology THE THANK-OFFERING, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Overbeck, the forest preacher Last Line: "loveth god, alone." Subject(s): Churches; New York City - Colonial Period; Praise; Rain; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology THE THREAD OF TRUTH, by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Truth is a golden thread, seen here and there Last Line: Pass by so many marks, so little heeding? Subject(s): Religion; Truth; Theology THE THREE BEST THING: 1. WORK, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let me but do my work from day to day Last Line: Because I know for me my work is best. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Variant Title(s): The Blessing Of Work Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Religion; Work; Workers; Theology THE THREE ENEMIES, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet, thou art pale Last Line: "answer thou for me, wise and just." Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology THE THREE KINGS, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Three kings came riding from far away, / melchior and gaspar and baltasar Last Line: And returned to their homes by another way. Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Magi; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE TIDE, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where is the giver to whom my gratitude Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE TIME OF WAITING, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Life is fleeting, joy is fleeting Last Line: For meek patience, let us pray. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Grief; Happiness; Love; Religion; Waiting; Sorrow; Sadness; Joy; Delight; Theology THE TIMES, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The times are not degenerate. Man's faith Last Line: And man stood never half so near to god. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TOILING OF FELIX: 1. PRELUDE, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hear a word that jesus spake Last Line: "raise the stone, and thou shalt find me; cleave the wood and there am I." Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Variant Title(s): A Lost Word On Jesus Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE TOILING OF FELIX: 3. ENVOY, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The legend of felix is ended, the toiling of felix is done Last Line: Heaven is blest with perfect rest, but the blessing of earth is toil. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TOUCH, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For months my hand had been sealed off Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER'S HAND, by MYRA BROOKS WELCH Poem Text First Line: Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer Last Line: By the touch of the master's hand. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TRANSFIGURER, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE Poem Text First Line: O sweet to hear thy name on friendly tongue Last Line: For thou art love, and loved, and lover all. Subject(s): Faith; Love; Metamorphosis; Religion; Transfiguration; Belief; Creed; Theology THE TRAVELLER'S EVENING SONG, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Father! Guide me! Day declines Last Line: Save -- oh, save! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TREASURE, by ROBINSON JEFFERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mountains, a moment's earth-waves rising and hollowing Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TREES ARE DOWN, by CHARLOTTE MEW Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They are cutting down the great plane-trees at the end of the gardens Subject(s): Bible; Nature; Religion; Trees; Theology THE TRIBE OF HELPERS, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The ways of the world are full of haste and turmoil Last Line: The companions of the christ. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH: THE TRIUMPHS OF LOVE, CHASTITY, DEATH. ARGUMENT, by PETRARCH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The glorious maid, whose soule to heaven is gone Last Line: Death seem'd in her exceeding faire to be. Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco Subject(s): Death; Life; Religion; Soul; Dead, The; Theology THE TRUE NEED, by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK Poem Text First Line: But this: to know thy life, without a stain Last Line: But flood me with thy beams, thou perfect light! Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TRUE WITNESS, by LUCY LARCOM Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear friend, I heard thee say to me Last Line: I know he is! Subject(s): Earth; Jesus Christ; Life; Love; Religion; World; Theology THE TRUTH THE DEAD KNOW, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Gone, I say and walk from church Subject(s): Death; God; Parents; Religion; Dead, The; Parenthood; Theology THE TWA BULLS, by WILLIAM D. LATTO Poem Text First Line: The parlance ended, monk confounded Last Line: An honour to their fatherland. Subject(s): Louis Xiv, King Of France (1638-1715); Monks; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Religion; Theology THE TWA HERDS, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O a' ye pious godly flocks Last Line: May a' pack aff. Subject(s): Fools; Religion; Sheep; Idiots; Theology THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM, by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE Poem Text First Line: The god of love my shepherd is Last Line: So neither shall my praise. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TWO GREETINGS: 1. SALVE!, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Scarce from the void of shadows taken Last Line: Become more beautiful, as man! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Greetings; Life; Love; Religion; Theology THE TWO GREETINGS: 2. VALE!, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now fold thy rich experience round thee Last Line: As salve! In a sweeter tongue! Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Greetings; Religion; Theology THE TWO MEN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Two men in me I find Last Line: And leave it all to you understand. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TWO RABBIS, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rabbi nathan two score years and ten Last Line: "save thou a soul, and it shall save thy own!" Subject(s): Clergy; Jews; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Judaism; Theology THE TWO RED TOWERS; A SATIRE AGAINST CLERICALISM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The two red towers / north and south rise facing each other Last Line: I begin to fear that the whole world will become a vast convent. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Theology THE TWO SAYINGS, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two sayings of the holy scriptures beat Last Line: On him who could reject but not sustain! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE TWO SHIPS, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I stand by the cross on the lone mountain's crest Last Line: To the ship that is waiting for me. Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TWO VIEWS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: To man, it seemed that evil had prevailed Last Line: But god sees otherwise! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE TYRANT, by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the festival; we will inter hope Last Line: Will cover you with dust and ashes Alternate Author Name(s): Faiz, Faiz Ahmad Subject(s): Religion; Tyranny & Tyrants; Theology THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER, by ALEXANDER POPE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Father of all! In every age Last Line: All nature incense rise! Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology THE UNKNOWN GOD, by WILLIAM WATSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When, overarched by gorgeous night Last Line: The unknown god, the unknown god. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE UNPARDONABLE SIN, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the sin against the holy ghost Last Line: To set the face and make the heart a stone. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Sin; War; Theology THE UNRETURNING, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If our dead could come back to us Last Line: Gainst all returning. Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology THE UNSEEN ALTAR, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Man the maker of cities is also a builder of altars Last Line: And the priest who stands beside it is the christ, the son of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE UNVEILING, by JOHN FREEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In that spring week of sacred memories Last Line: Unveils the crucified. Subject(s): God; Grief; Mankind; Religion; Sorrow; Sadness; Human Race; Theology THE VENUSBERG, by JACQUES ANATOLE FRANCOIS THIBAULT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have burned my garments of gold, and my violin Last Line: There'll be no one to sing in paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): France, Anatole Subject(s): Religion; Repentance; Sin; Theology; Penitence THE VICAR OF BRAY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In good king charles's golden days Last Line: "except the times should alter. / and this is law, etc" Subject(s): "aleyn, Simon (16th Century);bray, England;conversion;religion;" Theology THE VILLAGE ORACLE, by JOSEPH CROSBY LINCOLN Poem Text First Line: Old dan'l hanks he says this town Last Line: "I'm right because I be!" Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Sermons; Villages; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THE VIOLINIST, by MARGARET STEELE ANDERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: But that one air for all that throng! And yet Last Line: Margaret steele anderson. Subject(s): Religion; Violins; Theology THE VISION, by WILLIAM TAYLOR Poem Text First Line: We met, a hundred of us met Last Line: Flew up and kicked the beam. Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Facades; Judgment Day; Religion; Vision; Appearances; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man; Theology THE VISION OF FRA ANGELICO, by THOMAS WALSH Poem Text First Line: The glint of seraph wings had stirred all day Last Line: And as they looked all hailed the work divine. Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Angelico, Fra (1400-1455); Art & Artists; Paintings And Painters; Religion; Guido Di Pietro; Theology THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL, by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Over his keys the musing organist Last Line: But is lord of the earldom as much as he. Subject(s): Religion; Service; Theology THE VISION ON THE MOUNT, by PHOEBE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, if this living soul, that many a time Last Line: The shadow of the lord has passed us by. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE VISION SPLENDID, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Here - or hereafter - you shall see it ended Last Line: Than with his life to purchase life's high gain. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE VOICE OF CHRISTMAS, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot put the presence by, of him, the crucified Last Line: The master of the centuries who will not be denied! Subject(s): Christianity; Christmas; Crucifixion; Religion; Nativity, The; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE VOICE OF GOD, by JAMES STEPHENS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I bent again unto the ground Last Line: -- we are the voice of god! -- I cried. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE VOICE OF THE LAWS, by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This from that soul incorrupt whom athens had doomed to the death Last Line: Behold! He, too, hears but the voice of the laws, the flutes of the god. Variant Title(s): Reply Of Socrates Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE VOYAGE, by CAROLINE ATHERTON BRIGGS MASON Poem Text First Line: Whichever way the wind doth blow Last Line: The wind that blows, that wind is best. Alternate Author Name(s): Caro Variant Title(s): En Voyage';that Wind Is Best;god Knows Best Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE WAITING NOTE; DEDICATED TO PRESIDENT SUSAN MILLS OF MILLS COLLEGE, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: In the full celestial chorus Last Line: Lay their worship at his feet. Subject(s): God; Mills College, California; Religion; Worship; Theology THE WAKING, by THEODORE ROETHKE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow Subject(s): Men; Night; Religion; Sleep; Waking; Bedtime; Theology THE WALL, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The wall surrounding them they never saw Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WALL, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Nature is full of teeth Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE WANDERING JEW, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Go quicker, jesus!' Last Line: Lives on and on and makes for hell or heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Theology THE WAR FILMS, by HENRY JOHN NEWBOLT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O living pictures of the dead Last Line: To take their death for mine. Subject(s): Death; Religion; World War I; Dead, The; Theology; First World War THE WAR IN EUROPE: 1915; ABDALLAH OF CAIRO SPEAKS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: By the prophet! If these be christians, where shall / we find the heathen? Last Line: I will repeat the fátiha and leave them to their doom! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Muslims; Prayer; Religion; World War I; Moslems; Theology; First World War THE WARNING, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Beware! The israelite of old, who tore Last Line: A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Samson; Theology THE WATER MILL, by SARAH DOUDNEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Listen to the water mill Last Line: "with the water that has passed." Variant Title(s): The Lesson Of The Water Mill Subject(s): Mills & Millers; Religion; Theology THE WATERED LILIES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The master stood in his garden Last Line: To water his flowers again Subject(s): Flowers;lilies;religion; Theology THE WAY, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who seeks for heaven alone to save his Last Line: But god will bring him where the blessed are. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WAY OF THE GODS, by STANTON ARTHUR COBLENTZ Poem Text First Line: In ancient times the hungry gods Last Line: Is offered as before. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM, by CLINTON SCOLLARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long was the way to bethlehem Last Line: The guerdon of his peace! Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology THE WAYS OF GOD, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: A lad once dreamed he would be king Last Line: And it exalted him. Subject(s): Cavalry; Crucifixion; Galilee, Palestine; God; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THE WEAVER, by WILLIAM HENRY BURLEIGH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ceaselessly the weaver, time Last Line: As he weaves our web of doom. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WEAVER, by FANNY FORRESTER Poem Text First Line: A weaver sat by the side of his loom Last Line: "that I bear with me to heaven." Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WEDDING FEAST, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said the chief of the marriage feast to the groom Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE WEDDING NIGHT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was this time in boston Last Line: And before it was time Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE WEEPER (1), by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hail, sister springs Last Line: A worthier object -- our lord's feet. Variant Title(s): Saint Mary Magdalene Or The Weeper Subject(s): Bible; Mary Magdalen; Religion; Women In The Bible; Mary Magdalene; Theology THE WHALES, by PAUL FORT Poem Text First Line: In the days when still one went to look for whales, cruising so far Last Line: No more whales. Subject(s): Religion; Whales; Theology THE WHEEL, by WENDELL BERRY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At the first strokes of the fiddle bow Subject(s): Christianity; Dancing & Dancers; Religion; Time; Wheels; Theology THE WHEELING GOSPEL TABERNACLE, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Homer rhodeheaver, who was the evangelist billy sunday's psalmodist Last Line: Homer had times between hymns to make some lonely widow happy Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Evangelists; God; Public Worship; Religion; Church Attendance; Theology THE WIFE OF MANOAH TO HER HUSBAND, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Against the sunset's glowing wall Last Line: "o god,"" I said, ""thy will be done!" Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WIFEBEATER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There will be mud on the carpet tonight Last Line: And the wife and daughter knit into each other / until they are killed Subject(s): Women – Abused; Family Life; Theology THE WILD ROSE, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sometimes hidden from me Last Line: Again what I chose before Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THE WILL OF GOD, by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I worship thee, sweet will of god! Last Line: If it be his sweet will. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE WINDHOVER: TO CHRIST OUR LORD, by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I caught this morning morning's minion, king Last Line: Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion. Variant Title(s): The Windhover Subject(s): Birds; Christianity; Falcons; Hawks; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THE WINDS OF FATE, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: One ship drives east and another drives west Last Line: And not the calm or the strife. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Variant Title(s): Ships East And West Subject(s): Courage; Religion; Valor; Bravery; Theology THE WITCH'S LIFE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I was a child Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE WOMAN AND THE ANGEL, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An angel was tired of heaven, as he lounged in the golden street Last Line: "the ancient, outworn, puritanic traditions of right and wrong." Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology THE WONDERFUL MUSICIAN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My sisters, / do you remember the fiddlers Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology THE WORD OF GOD, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Thy word is light - thy saving grace Last Line: We thank thee, thank thee, thank thee, lord! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WORLD, by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The world is wise, for the world is old Last Line: But the love of god would do all for thee. Subject(s): Earth; God; Religion; World; Theology THE WORLD (1), by HENRY VAUGHAN Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw eternity the other night Last Line: But for his bride. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Variant Title(s): A Vision Subject(s): Bible; Christianity; Earth; Freedom; Future Life; Mankind; Religion; World; Liberty; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Human Race; Theology THE WORLD IS ONE; DEDICATED TO WOODROW WILSON, by HINTON WHITE Poem Text First Line: The world is one; we cannot live apart Last Line: The travail and the triumph of the years. Subject(s): League Of Nations; Religion; Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924); Theology THE WORLD'S DESIRE, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At philae, in the temple of isis Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WORLD-MAN, by HENRY VICTOR MORGAN Poem Text First Line: Make room for the world-man Last Line: He liveth in you! Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology THE WORLD-PURPOSE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men sadly say that love's high dream is vain Subject(s): Religion; Theology THE WRITTEN WORD, by ROBERT GRANT (1785-1838) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The starry firmament on high Last Line: When heaven and earth have passed away. Subject(s): Bible; God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology THE YOUNG PRIEST TO HIS HANDS, by EDWARD FRANCIS GARESCHE Poem Text First Line: Time was when ye were powerless, / to shrive and sign, anoint and bless Last Line: That clasp the lord of majesty! Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THEIR EASTER AND OURS, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Poem Text First Line: Ere the master came to claim his own Last Line: Who knew him not when he came to his own! Subject(s): Easter; Holidays; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology THEOLOGY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is a heaven, for ever, day by day Last Line: If there were not, where would my neighbours go? Subject(s): Alphabet Verse; Future Life; Religion; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Theology THERE IS A MAN ON THE CROSS, by ELIZABETH CHENEY (1859-) Poem Text First Line: Whenever there is silence around me Last Line: "there is a man on the cross." Subject(s): Crucifixion; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology THERE IS A PATHWAY, by ROBERT WOOD Poem Text First Line: There is a pathway glorious / to the angels' happy home Last Line: When the jewell'd crown appears. Subject(s): Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology THERE IS BUT ONE, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: I have sung of blood and battle Last Line: Have I made my lesson plain? Subject(s): Clergy; Good; Religion; World War I; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology; First World War THERE IS NO DEATH, by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is a plan far greater than the plan you know Last Line: There is no death -- there's immortality. Alternate Author Name(s): Meredith, Owen; Lytton, 1st Earl Of; Lytton, Robert Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION (B), by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mans perceptions are not bounded by organs of perception Last Line: Is Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Religion; Science; Theology; Scientists THESE TIMES, by GERTRUDE RYDER BENNETT Poem Text First Line: Our motors pierce the clouds. They penetrate Last Line: We act the prologue of a masterpiece. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THEY SOFTLY WALK, by HUGH ROBERT ORR Poem Text First Line: They are not gone who pass Last Line: And stars and god. Subject(s): Death; Immortality; Religion; Dead, The; Theology THEY', by SIEGFRIED SASSOON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The bishop tells us: 'when the boys come back' Last Line: And the bishop said: 'the ways of god are strange!' Subject(s): Religion; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; Theology; First World War THINGS, by JANE KENYON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hen flings a single pebble aside Subject(s): Religion; Theology THINGS, by LOUIS SIMPSON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A man stood in the laurel tree Subject(s): Religion; Materialism; Theology THINGS, SELECTION, by DONALD JUSTICE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hard, but you can polish it Subject(s): Religion; Stones; Theology; Granite; Rocks THINK ON GOD, by R. E. S. Poem Text First Line: Forget thee, oh my god! And can this be? Last Line: Your maker is your life, your soul's delight. Subject(s): God; Jews; Nature - Religious Aspects; Religion; Judaism; Theology THIS DAY, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dry wafer / sour wine Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology THIS IS THE MAKING OF MAN, by PRISCILLA LEONARD Poem Text First Line: Flame of the spirit and dust of the earth Last Line: This is the making of man. Subject(s): Creation; Religion; Theology THIS SIDE OF CALVIN, by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The reverend dr. Harcourt, folk agree Alternate Author Name(s): Hayden, Charles, Mrs. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology THIS TOO WILL PASS, by GERTRUDE WOODCOCK SEIBERT Poem Text First Line: Poor heart, break not, though cruel be thy wound Last Line: His heart of love thine every sorrow shares! Subject(s): Religion; Wellesley College; Theology THOU ART, O GOD, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou art, o god! The life and light Last Line: And all things fair and bright are thine. Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Religion; Theology THOU LIGHT OF LIFE, by BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts Last Line: Shed o'er the world thy holy light! Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology THOUGHT (1), by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I sit with others, at a great feast, suddenly, while the music is playing Last Line: Is only matter triumphant? Subject(s): Religion; Theology THREE WISDOM POEMS: 1. LAVONNE'S MANTLEPIECE, by KATHLEEN NORRIS (1947-) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Did you know,' lavonne says Last Line: "oh, don't you think, the true church is in the heart?" Subject(s): Religion; Theology THROUGH DEATH TO LIFE, by HENRY HARBAUGH Poem Text First Line: Have you heard the tale of the aloe plant Last Line: The joy for the tear -- the peace for the pain. Variant Title(s): The Aloe Plant Subject(s): Religion; Theology THROUGH THE YEAR, by JULIAN S. CUTLER Poem Text First Line: God be with you in the springtime Last Line: Just to guide you into rest. Subject(s): Religion; Theology THY WILL BE DONE, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With quivering heart and trembling will Last Line: In thee and for thee, all his will. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology TIMES GO BY TURNS, by ROBERT SOUTHWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The lopped tree in time may grow again Last Line: Who least hath some, who most hath never all. Subject(s): Bible; Consolation; Fortune; Hope; Religion; Optimism; Theology TITHES, by HARRIET SAMPSON Poem Text First Line: One tenth of what their acreage had grown Last Line: Would buy a mansion in the heavenly state. Subject(s): Money; Religion; Theology TITIAN'S ASSUMPTION, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Burst is the iron gate! Last Line: We, of the wondrous art that gives it to our eyes! Subject(s): Assumption, The (theology); Death; Heaven; Miracles; Titian (1490-1576); Dead, The; Paradise; Vecelli, Tiziano; Vecellio, Tiziano TO A BLUEBELL, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE Poem Text First Line: Is that a drop of the ethereal blue Last Line: I know that that is well. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Solitude; Theology; Loneliness TO A DOG, by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So, back again? And is your errand done Last Line: Your fallen gods? Alternate Author Name(s): Marks, Lionel S., Mrs. Variant Title(s): The Unfailing One Subject(s): Religion; Theology TO A PRIEST, by JOSEPH U. HARRIS Poem Text First Line: I have listened to your profession of faith Last Line: What manner of god is this that you have made in your own image? Alternate Author Name(s): Upper, Joseph Subject(s): Churches; Clergy; Religion; Cathedrals; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology TO A SCEPTIC, by MARY CROSS Poem Text First Line: In the silence and calm of the night-time Last Line: And know not in vain did he bleed. Subject(s): Doubt; Religion; Skepticism; Theology TO A SKYLARK, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Hail to thee, blithe spirit Last Line: The world should listen then -- as I am listening now. Variant Title(s): Ode To A Skylark Subject(s): Birds; Larks; Religion; Skylarks; Theology TO A SNOWFLAKE, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What heart could have thought you? Last Line: And his graver of frost.' Subject(s): Religion; Snow; Theology TO A WATERFOWL, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whither, midst falling dew Last Line: Will lead my steps aright. Variant Title(s): The Waterfowl Subject(s): Birds; Faith; God; Migration; Nature; Religion; Soldiers; Waterfowl; Belief; Creed; Theology TO AN OLD PHILOSOPHER IN ROME, by WALLACE STEVENS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: On the threshold of heaven, the figures in the street Last Line: And frame from thinking and is realized Subject(s): Philosophy & Philosophers; Religion; Theology TO AN OLD SERMON, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY Poem Text First Line: Old sermon, ere I relegate Last Line: To seek, but not to force results. Subject(s): Preaching & Preachers; Religion; Sermons; Theology TO DIVES, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dives, when you and I go down to hell Last Line: They order things so damnably in hell Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Bible; Charon; Religion; Styx (river); Theology TO GOD, by GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O thou, the one supreme o'er all! Last Line: Beyond the range of thought. Alternate Author Name(s): Gregory Of Nazianzen; Nanzianzen, Gregory; Gregory The Theologian Subject(s): God; Jews; Religion; Judaism; Theology TO GOD (1), by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, I am like to mistletoe Last Line: Tumble shall heav'n, and down will I. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology TO GOD (3), by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do with me, god! As thou didst deal with john Last Line: My sackcloth here; but there my stole of white. Subject(s): Bible; John The Baptist, Saint (1st Century); Religion; Theology TO HEAVEN, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Open thy gates Last Line: Come in, or force the gate. Subject(s): Bible; Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology TO HEAVEN, by BEN JONSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good and great god! Can I not think of thee Last Line: For weariness of life, not love of thee. Subject(s): Bible; Heaven; Religion; Paradise; Theology TO HIM THAT WAS CRUCIFIED, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My spirit to yours, dear brother Last Line: Races, ages to come, may prove brethren and lovers as we are. Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology TO HIS CONSCIENCE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Can I not sin, but thou wilt be Last Line: So I'll not fear the judge or thee. Subject(s): Bible; Conscience; Religion; Theology TO HIS SAVIOUR. THE NEW YEERS GIFT, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That little prettie bleeding part / of foreskin sent to me Last Line: Because I send thee all. Subject(s): Bible; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology TO HIS SKELETON, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why will you vex me with Last Line: And do not colonize Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology TO NATURE, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It may indeed be phantasy, when I Last Line: Even me, the priest of this poor sacrifice. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TO ONE WHO DENIES THE POSSIBILITY OF A PERMANENT PEACE, by MARGARET SACKVILLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Old friend, I greet you! You are still the same Last Line: Grey shadows overhead; still you are late. Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Theology TO REV. W. H. MILBURN, by LEVI BISHOP Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear friend, we guide thee to the altar Last Line: There all shall know as they are known. Subject(s): Friendship; Hearts; Religion; Theology TO RILKE, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once, in dream, / the boat Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology TO TANYA AT CHRISTMAS, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Forgive me, my delight Last Line: That rises on all I know Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology TO THE GARDEN THE WORLD, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To the garden the world anew ascending Last Line: Or in front, and I following her just the same. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology TO THE HARBORMASTER, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966) Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I wanted to be sure to reach you Subject(s): Religion; Sea; Theology; Ocean TO THE PREACHERS ON ARMISTICE DAY, by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O ye who preach about god's love to man Last Line: This armistice day? Subject(s): God; Preaching & Preachers; Religion; Veterans Day; War; Theology TO THE UNKNOWN GOD, by FERNAND GREGH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God! Whatever the being or the thing we call Last Line: The tender and grave approval of a mortal. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology TO THE UNSEEABLE ANIMAL, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Being, whose flesh dissolves Last Line: Keeps us near you Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Toussaint, the most unhappy man of men Last Line: And love, and man's unconquerable mind. Variant Title(s): To Toussaint L'ouverture, Leader Of African Slaves Subject(s): Religion; Toussaint L'ouverture (1743-1803); Theology TO WHAT LISTENS, by WENDELL BERRY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I come to it again Last Line: I sing– to what listens– again Subject(s): Religion; Theology TODAY, by MARY FRANCES MARSHALL BUTTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Build a little fence of trust Last Line: Of joy or sorrow. Variant Title(s): Build A Fence Of Trust;trust Subject(s): Religion; Theology TODAY, by OZORA STEARNS DAVIS Poem Text First Line: Today, new-born from all my yesterdays Last Line: Then in faith I release it and wait the will of god. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TODAY, by ANGELA MORGAN Poem Text First Line: To be alive in such an age! Last Line: To be alive in such an age! Variant Title(s): In Such An Age Subject(s): Religion; Theology TODAY AND TOMORROW, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY Poem Text First Line: Withhold all eulogies when I am dead Last Line: My mother gave me. Subject(s): Death; Forgiveness; Religion; Dead, The; Clemency; Theology TOMORROW, by FELIX LOPE DE VEGA CARPIO Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, what am I, that, with unceasing care Last Line: "and when the morrow came, I answered sill, ""to-morrow." Alternate Author Name(s): Lope De Vega Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology TOMORROW'S NEWS, by GEORGE KRINGLE Poem Text First Line: There will be news tomorrow Last Line: Will be as god shall choose. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TONIGHT, by AGHA SHAHID ALI Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell tonight? Last Line: God sobs in my arms. Call me ishmael tonight Subject(s): Religion; Theology TOO BUSY, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The lord has a job for me, but I had so much to do Last Line: Nobody else can do the work that god's marked out for you. Variant Title(s): Get Somebody Else Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology TORN DOWN FROM GLORY DAILY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All day we watched the gulls Subject(s): Birds; God; Theology TOUCHING SHOULDERS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There's a comforting thought at the close of the day Last Line: When once I rubbed shoulders with you Subject(s): Religion; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. HAVE FAITH, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do not hurry: have faith Last Line: Behold! You shall be lord and sovereign of all things. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. ALL NIGHT LONG, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All night long in love, in the darkness, passing through your lips, my love Last Line: Eyes. Subject(s): Hearts; Kisses; Love; Religion; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. ARENZANO, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the great church over the little fishing-village Last Line: And join the ave maria, ave, ave. Subject(s): Churches; Public Worship; Religion; Cathedrals; Church Attendance; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. LOVE'S VISION, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At night in each other's arms Last Line: He the eternal appeared. Subject(s): Love; Religion; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. O TENDER HEART, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O tender heart of our humanity Last Line: All suffering for thy dear sake is holy. Subject(s): Crucifixion; Hearts; Humanity; Love; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Pain; Religion; Women In The Bible; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Virgin Mary; Suffering; Misery; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. OVER THE GREAT CITY, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Over the great city Last Line: And other love is pain, but this is joy eternal. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE COMING OF THE LORD, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I heard a voice saying Last Line: I the lord demos have spoken it: and the mountains are my throne. Subject(s): Love; Religion; Worship; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. THE BODY WITHIN THE BODY, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When life like a ghastly panorama stretches before the eye of the spirit Last Line: And the source of all the light in the universe. Subject(s): Bodies; Religion; Soul; Spirituality; Theology TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. THE COAST OF LIGURIA, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A thousand years are nothing Last Line: And crown their slopes with gladness. Subject(s): Christianity; Daphne (mythology); Modern Life; Religion; Seashore; Theology; Beach; Coast; Shore TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. THE WANDERING LUNATIC MIND, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Do not pay too much attention to the wandering lunatic mind Last Line: For this were to give up your kingdom, and bow down your neck to death. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TRADITION, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When home our blessed lord was gone Last Line: That love had taught them both by heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology TRANSCENDENCE, by RICHARD HOVEY Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though one with all that sense or soul Last Line: The sun doth not contain him nor the sea. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TRANSFIGURATION, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The cloud unto its parent stream Last Line: In every tide of tears. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Religion; Theology TREE-BUILDING, by FRANKLIN CABLE Poem Text First Line: A tree is built of many things Last Line: The music of intangible things. Subject(s): Religion; Trees; Theology TREES, by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I think that I shall never see / a poem lovely as a tree Last Line: But only god can make a tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Kilmer, Joyce Subject(s): Animals; Courage; Environment; Faith; Gardens & Gardening; Holidays; Religion; Soldiers; Travel; Trees; World War I; Valor; Bravery; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation; Belief; Creed; Theology; Journeys; Trips; First World War TRUE REST, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rest is not quitting Last Line: And this is true rest. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TRUST, by FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Better trust all and be deceived Last Line: Than lose the blessed hope of truth. Alternate Author Name(s): Butler, Frances Anne; Kemble, Fanny Variant Title(s): Faith Subject(s): Disappointment; Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology TRUST GOD, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO Poem Text First Line: Trust nothing but the starlight's silv'ry beaming Last Line: But in the sight of mankind never bow. Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Trust; Belief; Creed; Theology TRUST IN GOD, by JANET HAMILTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thus god hath said: unblessed is he Last Line: Is planted where the waters flow. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Faith; God; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology TRUTH IS EVER BEST, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Whoso would him well advise Last Line: He who chooseth truth doth best Subject(s): Religion;truth; Theology TRYSTE NOEL, by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The ox, he openeth wide the doore Last Line: Between her bosom and his hayre! Subject(s): Religion; Theology TURN BACK, O MAN, by CLIFFORD BAX Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Turn back, o man, forswear thy foolish ways Subject(s): Religion; Theology TWILIGHT: AFTER HAYING, by JANE KENYON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, long shadows go out Last Line: Grows wet with dew Subject(s): Hay & Haymaking; Religion; Theology TWO AT A FIRESIDE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I built a chimney for a comrade old Last Line: Yet all the way I glowed before the fire. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TWO FISHERMEN, by STANLEY MOSS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: My father made a synagogue of a boat Subject(s): Religion; Theology TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO, by MRS. JOHN GRAY Poem Text First Line: Two hundred years, two hundred years, our bark o'er billowy / seas Last Line: Just as the left old westminster, two hundred years ago! Alternate Author Name(s): Lewers, Miss Subject(s): Religion; Theology TWO OPTIMISTS, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To send fit thanks, I would I had the art Last Line: And heaven sent both this troubled world to bless. Subject(s): Hearts; Hope; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); Religion; Optimism; Theology TWO PRAYERS, by CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON GILMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Only for these I pray Last Line: Let me have power to do. Alternate Author Name(s): Stetson, Charlotte Perkins Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology TWO PURSUITS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A voice said, 'follow, follow'; and I rose Last Line: And will not leave me till I shall go hence. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Life; Religion; Voices; Theology TWO RAMAGES FOR OLD MASTERS, by ROBERT BLY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Silent in the moonlight, no beginning or end Last Line: By the torah and the bible inside the naked seed. Subject(s): Immortality; Man-woman Relationships; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Teaching & Teachers; Time; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891); Male-female Relations; Theology; Educators; Professors TWO RAMAGES FOR OLD MASTERS, by ROBERT BLY Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Silent in the moonlight Last Line: By the torah and the bible inside the naked seed. Subject(s): Immortality; Man-woman Relationships; Poetry & Poets; Religion; Teaching & Teachers; Time; Whitman, Walt (1819-1891); Male-female Relations; Theology; Educators; Professors TWO RIDDLES FROM ALDHELM, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once I was water, full of scaly fish Last Line: What's my name? Subject(s): Religion; Riddles; Theology TWO SONNETS: 1, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just as I wonder at the twofold screen Last Line: The scattered features of dead friends again. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TWO SONNETS: 2, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Never until our souls are strong enough Last Line: The mead of thought's prophetic endlessness. Subject(s): Religion; Theology TWO VOICES IN A MEADOW, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Anonymous as cherubs Subject(s): Religion; Stones; Theology; Granite; Rocks TWO WENT UP INTO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY, by RICHARD CRASHAW Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Two went to pray? O rather say Last Line: The other to the altar's god. Subject(s): Bible; Prayer; Religion; Theology TYWATER, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Death of sir nihil, book the nth Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Violence; World War Ii; Theology; Second World War ULTIMA VERITAS, by WASHINGTON GLADDEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the bitter waves of woe Last Line: I shall see him, and I will wait. Subject(s): Religion; Truth; Worship; Theology ULYSSES, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: It little profits that, an idle king Last Line: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): Ulysses Impatient Of Rest Subject(s): Aging; Explorers; Labor & Laborers; Mythology - Classical; Old Age; Perseverance; Religion; Sea; Ulysses; Wandering & Wanderers; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers; Work; Workers; Theology; Ocean; Odysseus; Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes UNBELIEF, by ELIZABETH YORK CASE Poem Text First Line: There is no unbelief Last Line: God knoweth why. Subject(s): Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology UNCLE JAKE AND THE LEVEE, by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: De lord holps dem dat hopls deyselves Last Line: "he ain't de man what I tuck him fur!" Subject(s): African Americans; Doubt; Labor & Laborers; Religion; Negroes; American Blacks; Skepticism; Work; Workers; Theology UNDERSTANDING, by NIXON WATERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If I knew you and you knew me Last Line: If I knew you and you knew me. Alternate Author Name(s): Martin, Peter Variant Title(s): To Know All Is To Forgive All Subject(s): Religion; Theology UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 22. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If I have faltered more or less Last Line: And to my dead heart run them in! Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Apathy; Religion; Theology UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 23. OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the sun, out of the blast Last Line: With careless looks may pass you by. Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour Subject(s): Monasteries; Religion; Abbeys; Theology UNHOLY SONNET, by MARK JARMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After the praying, after the hymn-singing Last Line: Intact. There is still murder in your heart Variant Title(s): Sonnet: 7 Subject(s): Religion; Theology UNHOLY SONNET 11, by MARK JARMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Half asleep in prayer I said the right thing Last Line: Once was enough to be dissatisfied Subject(s): Religion; Prayer; Theology UNKNOWN GIRL IN THE MATERNITY WARD, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Child, the current of your breath is six days long Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology UNLESS! UNLESS!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: See now, my brothers, - / one and all Last Line: Come back to god! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology UNMANIFEST DESTINY, by RICHARD HOVEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To what new fates, my country, far Last Line: July, 1'98. Subject(s): Freedom; Patriotism; Religion; Liberty; Theology UNREASONABLE REASON, by JOSEPH BEAUMONT Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: All christian soules beware; hell never went Last Line: Is in thy blessed bosome to expire. Subject(s): Christianity; Faith; God; Religion; Temptation; Belief; Creed; Theology UNREST, by DONALD ROBERT PERRY MARQUIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A fierce unrest seethes at the core Last Line: That leaps from star to star! Alternate Author Name(s): Marquis, Don Subject(s): Freedom; Religion; Liberty; Theology UNSEEN BUDS, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Unseen buds, infinite, hidden well Last Line: And waiting ever more, forever more behind. Subject(s): Religion; Theology UP-HILL, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Last Line: Yea, beds for all who come. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Uphill Subject(s): Death; Faith; Heaven; Hotels; Life; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Religion; Time; Travel; Dead, The; Belief; Creed; Paradise; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses; Theology; Journeys; Trips UPON CHRIST HIS BIRTH, by JOHN SUCKLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Strange news! A city full? Will none give way Last Line: Their hearts, as well as inns, are made of clay. Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology UPON THE CIRCUMCISION, by JOHN MILTON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ye flaming powers, and winged warriors bright Last Line: Will pierce neer his heart. Subject(s): Bible; Circumcision; Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology US, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I was wrapped in black Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology UTTERANCE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: But what avail inadequate words to reach Last Line: Of goodness dropped in fallow-grounds of need. Subject(s): Religion; Truth; Theology VALLEY OF THE SHADOW, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God, I am travelling out to death's sea Last Line: Peace o'er the valleys and cold hills for ever! Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John Subject(s): Religion; World War I - Casualties; Theology VANITY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The sun comes up and the sun goes down Last Line: "the net of the fisher the burden breaks, / and alway the dreaming the dreamer wakes" Subject(s): Religion; Theology VANITY OF VANITIES, by PALLADAS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Naked to earth I was brought Last Line: Why should I labor for naught, seeing how naked the end? Alternate Author Name(s): Pallades Subject(s): Religion; Theology VARIATION AND REFLECTION ON A THEME BY RILKE, by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If just for once the swing of cause and effect Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology VENI CREATOR, by BLISS CARMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lord of my heart's elation Last Line: Thou breath of things unseen! Subject(s): Religion; Theology VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS, by GREGORY I Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Creator spirit, by whose aid Last Line: Eternal paraclete, to thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Saint Gregory The Great Subject(s): Faith; God; Prayer; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS, by ROBERT II Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Come, holy ghost! Thou fire divine! Last Line: And dwell with thee in lasting bliss! Alternate Author Name(s): Robert The Pious; Robert Ii Of France Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology VENUS AND THE ARK, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: The missile to launch a missile Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology VERSE-FRAGMENTS FROM THE PROSE WORKS, by JOSEPH HALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Balsame, pure wax, and chrismas-liquor clear Last Line: But who shall helpe them to a hempen string? Subject(s): Hearts; Jesus Christ; Religion; Sin; Theology VERSES ON TEXTS: STILLNESS, ISA. 7, 4, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou layest thine hand on the fluttering heart Last Line: I fear no ill. Variant Title(s): Be Quiet: Fear Not';thy Presence Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology VERSES WRITTEN IN A GARDEN, by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: See how that pair of billing doves Last Line: The pedant priest, and giddy rake. Alternate Author Name(s): Montagu, Mary Wortley; Pierrepont, Mary Subject(s): Government; Nature; Pleasure; Religion; Virtue; Theology VESPERS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I leave the city behind me Last Line: And the thrushes sing their hymn. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Churches; Hymns (as Literary Form); Jesus Christ; Prayer; Religion; Worship; Cathedrals; Theology VIA CRUCIS, by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the dark we come, nor know Last Line: End in the lonely figure of a man. Alternate Author Name(s): Burt, Struthers Subject(s): God; Jesus Christ; Life; Religion; Theology VIA LUCIS, by HOWARD CHANDLER ROBBINS Poem Text First Line: And have the bright immensities Last Line: There heavenly splendors shine. Subject(s): Religion; Theology VIA, ET VERITAS, ET VITA, by ALICE MEYNELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You never attained to him, if to attain Last Line: "the way was he!" Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina Subject(s): Religion; Theology VICTORY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "the strife is o'er, the battle done" Last Line: Alleluia! Subject(s): Navy - Great Britain;religion; English Navy;theology VISION OF MOSES, by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Moses, to whom by a peculiar grace Last Line: "murder'd the father of that very child." Subject(s): Bible; Moses; Religion; Theology VISIONS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Thank god for vision of the brighter day Last Line: Press on and claim its high supremacies! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Patriotism; Religion; Theology VISIONS OF JESUS, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: In bethlehem a babe I see Last Line: Before that throne on judgment day. Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Cavalry; Courts & Courtiers; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Religion; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Theology VISIONS OF NEVER BEING HEARD FROM AGAIN, by REBECCA WOLFF Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I stopped by to see you but you were not home Subject(s): Absence; Religion; Separation; Isolation; Theology VISTAS OF LABOR: 4. FACTORY CHILDREN, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here toil the striplings, who should be a-swarm Last Line: "my kingdom is made up of such as these." Subject(s): Child Labor; Factories; Life; Religion; Youth; Theology VOLUNTARIES, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Low and mournful be the strain Last Line: All are ghosts beside. Subject(s): Freedom; Religion; Liberty; Theology VOLUPTE, by PIERRE CAMO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Woman of endless charm, whose youth is green Last Line: And goodly death. Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Religion; Saints; Women; Theology VOTIVE TABLETS: MY BELIEF, by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What thy religion? Those thou namest -- none Last Line: None! Why? — because I have religion! Alternate Author Name(s): Schiller, Friedrich Von Subject(s): Religion; Theology VOYAGERS, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O maker of the mighty deep Last Line: Thy sea is great, our boats are small. Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus Variant Title(s): The Sea Is Great, Our Boats Are Small Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Sea; Theology; Ocean WAITING, by JOHN BURROUGHS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Serene, I fold my hands and wait Last Line: Can keep my own away from me. Variant Title(s): My Own Shall Come To Me Subject(s): Consolation; Patience; Religion; Theology WALKING IN PARIS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I come back to your youth, my nana Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WALKING ON WATER, by JAMES DICKEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Feeling it with me Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology WALL, CAVE, AND PILLAR STATEMENTS, AFTER ASôKA, by ALAN DUGAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: In order to perfect all readers Subject(s): Religion; Theology WALLFLOWER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come friend, / I have an old story to tell you Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WANTED - A MAN!, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: What we lack and sorely need Last Line: Men whose souls have wings. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Men; Religion; Theology WAR, by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: War / I abhor Last Line: And show the monster as she is. Variant Title(s): The Illusion Of War Subject(s): Pacifism; Religion; Peace Movements; Theology WASHING THE ELEPHANT, by BARBARA RAS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): Childhood Memories; Circus; Confession; Religion; Family Life; Elephants; Theology; Relatives WASHINGTON; INSCRIPTION AT MOUNT VERNON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "washington, the brave, the wise, the good" Last Line: "and in the hope of religion, immortality" Subject(s): "presidents, United States;religion;washington, George (1732-1799);" Theology WATCHING 'DARK CIRCLE', by DENISE LEVERTOV Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men are willing to observe Last Line: And ruth landy of the independent documentary group. Subject(s): Atomic Bomb - Testing; Christianity; Motion Pictures, Documentary; Religion; Theology WATCHWORDS, by ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are living - we are dwelling Last Line: Tell on ages -- tell for god. Variant Title(s): The Present Age Subject(s): Religion; Theology WATER, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are fishermen in a flat scene Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WATERS OF BABYLON, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What presses about us here in the evening Last Line: Let the night be. Close the window, beloved. . . . Come here. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Love; Religion; Theology WE ARE ALL KIN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: We are all kin - oh, make us kin indeed! Last Line: Heal every wound and end the fruitless strife! Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Theology WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK, 1940, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the east window a storm Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology WEEP NOT FOR THOSE, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Weep not for those whom the veil of the tomb Last Line: Looks radiantly down on the tears of this world. Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Death; Marriage; Religion; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Theology WELCOME MORNING, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is joy / in all Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WHAT I LIVE FOR, by GEORGE LINNAEUS BANKS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I live for those who love me, / whose hearts are kind and true Last Line: And the good that I can do. Variant Title(s): Why Do I Live;my Aim Subject(s): Human Behavior; Religion; Service; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature; Theology WHAT IS THE CHURCH?, by SAM WALTER FOSS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The church is man when his awed soul goes out Last Line: There is the universal church—the church of god is there. Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHAT LIGHT DESTROYS, by ANDREW HUDGINS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Today I'm thinking of st. Paul -- st. Paul Subject(s): Christianity; Religion; Troy; Theology WHAT MAKES A NATION GREAT?, by ALEXANDER BLACKBURN Poem Text First Line: Not serried ranks with flags unfurled Last Line: Be god's delight—man's best estate. Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHAT MAN BUT GOD?, by P. J. CAZELLO Poem Text First Line: Tis sure no man could ever seat Last Line: No man but god—then, now, or ever. Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WHAT THE BIRD WITH THE HUMAN HEAD KNEW, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I went to the bird Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WHAT THE VOICE SAID, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maddened by earth's wrong and evil Last Line: Temper all with love. Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHAT'S THAT, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Before it came inside / I had watched it from my kitchen window Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WHEN ALL IS DONE, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When all is done, and my last word is said Last Line: When all is done. Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHEN HE COMES, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: A vision fair - of clouds and sky Last Line: To do him honor there. Subject(s): Earth; Holy Ghost; Lightning; Religion; Soul; World; Holy Spirit; Lightning Rods; Theology WHEN HE TRIES THE HEARTS OF MEN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: As gold is tried in the furnace Last Line: When he tries the hearts of men. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHEN MAN ENTERS WOMAN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When man / enters woman / like the surf biting the shore Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WHEN SOULS AWAKE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: When souls awake then eyes behold Last Line: Into eternity. Subject(s): God; Religion; Soul; Theology WHEN THE CHILD IS KING, by BURGES JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Babe, so long ago enshrined Last Line: So to-day a child shall reign. Subject(s): Children; Jesus Christ; Religion; Childhood; Theology WHEN THE GLASS OF MY BODY BROKE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh mother of sex, / lady of the staggering cuddle Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WHENCE COMETH MY HELP, by P. L. MONTGOMERY Poem Text First Line: Here, on these hills, no sense of loneliness Last Line: My troubles fall, so close to me seems god. Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHERE CHRIST IS BORN AGAIN, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Wherever one repenting soul Last Line: And christ is born again. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Religion; Theology WHERE I LIVE IN THIS HONORABLE HOUSE OF THE LAUREL TREE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I live in my wooden legs and o Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE, AND HOLDEST ME FOR THY ENEMY, by FRANCIS QUARLES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why dost thou shade thy lovely face? Last Line: O thou, that art my light, my life, my way. Variant Title(s): The God Who Hides Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHILE WE WERE ARGUING, by JANE KENYON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The first snow fell - or should I say Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHIRING WHEELS, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Lord, when on my bed I lie Last Line: I will turn to sleep again. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Variant Title(s): Whirring Wheels Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology WHITE BIRCHES, by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY Poem Text First Line: Pale birches always make me think Last Line: Or can it not be told? Subject(s): Convents; Nuns; Religion; Sisters; Theology WHITE DAY OF PEACE, by MIRIAM DEL BANCO Poem Text First Line: Heard ye the golden bells of peace that angels softly / sway Last Line: Tis toleration's jubilee—her white-robed festal day! Subject(s): Peace; Religion; Theology WHITE EASTER LILIES, by BLANCHE MALLERY PAYNE Poem Text First Line: Rows of stately easter lilies stood shining and purely white Last Line: Was first an easter lily pure, and grew in god's own care. Subject(s): Easter; Flowers; Holidays; Lilies; Religion; The Resurrection; Theology WHO GOETH HENCE, by HELEN FRAZEE-BOWER Poem Text First Line: When death shall come to summon us at last Last Line: Like children hasting to a glad surprise. Alternate Author Name(s): Bower, W. M., Mrs. Subject(s): Immortality; Religion; Theology WHO HAS KNOWN HEIGHTS, by MARY BRENT WHITESIDE Poem Text Last Line: Who once has trodden stars seeks peace no more. Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHO IS THE MAID?, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who is the maid my spirit seeks Last Line: In holy lustre wastes away! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Religion; Theology WHO LOVES WATER, by NELLIE HURLBURT WHITNEY Poem Text First Line: Who loves water should kneel at noon beside Last Line: To allah, the merciful and compassionate. Subject(s): Prayer; Religion; Theology WHY?, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: With what intent Last Line: Nor healeth any of his sins. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology WILD ROSES AND MYRRH, by MINNIE FAEGRE KNOX Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The prairie ocean rolled away Last Line: To line the manger bed. Subject(s): Convents; Nuns; Religion; Sisters; Women; Theology WIND AND LYRE, by EDWIN MARKHAM Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou art the wind and I the lyre Subject(s): Religion; Theology WINGS, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Be like the bird, that, halting in her flight Subject(s): Religion; Theology WINGS, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My fancy flies, and sweetly sings Last Line: Wings as of love. Subject(s): Religion; Theology WITH MERCY FOR THE GREEDY, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Concerning your letter in which you ask Subject(s): Confessions; God; Greed; Religion; Avarice; Cupidity; Theology WITH WHOM IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING', by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It fortifies my soul to know Last Line: That, if I slip, thou dost not fall. Variant Title(s): The Changeless;the Unchanging;steadfast Subject(s): Religion; Theology WITHOUT CAREFULNESS, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Master! How shall I bless thy name Last Line: All, all their care on thee! Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WITHOUT WORDS, by HELEN FIELD WATSON Poem Text First Line: So deep is my desire to have him strong Last Line: I think god will interpret it as prayer. Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology WOMAN WITH GIRDLE, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Your midriff sags toward your knees Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WOMEN OF JERICHO, by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though seven times, or seventy times seven Alternate Author Name(s): Hayden, Charles, Mrs. Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology WONDER, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: If god is thrilled by a battle cry Last Line: Merciless god, good-bye! Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John Subject(s): Religion; War; Theology WORD MADE FLESH, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Word whose breath is the world-circling atmosphere Last Line: A spirit clothed in world, a world made man? Subject(s): Language; Religion; Words; Vocabulary; Theology WORDS, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Be careful of words Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology WORK, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: All labour gained new dignity Last Line: "but -- thine employ!" Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology WORLD-BROTHERHOOD, by ROBERT WHITAKER Poem Text First Line: My country is the world; I count Last Line: Shall yield to worldwide love of man. Variant Title(s): My Country Subject(s): Brotherhood; Religion; Theology WORLDS, by JOHN RICHARD MORELAND Poem Text First Line: I lived within a world of bloom Last Line: Flowers at the thought of god. Subject(s): Flowers; Religion; Theology WORRY, by CHARLES FORCE DEEMS Poem Text First Line: The world is wide Last Line: Then do not worry. Variant Title(s): On Life's Way Subject(s): Religion; Theology WRESTLING JACOB, by CHARLES WESLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, o thou traveller unknown, / whom still I hold, but cannot see Last Line: Thy nature and thy name is love. Subject(s): Jacob (bible); Religion; Theology WRITTEN IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY ASYLUM, by JOHN CLARE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am: yet what I am none cares or knows Last Line: The grass below -- above the vaulted sky. Variant Title(s): His Last Verses Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Death; Depression, Mental; Insanity; Religion; Solitude; Estrangement; Outcasts; Dead, The; Mentally Depressed; Mental Distress; Madness; Mental Illness; Theology; Loneliness WRITTEN ON A SUNDAY MORNING, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go thou and seek the house of prayer! Last Line: And ponders on the world to come. Subject(s): Churches; God; Nature - Religious Aspects; Presence; Religion; Cathedrals; Theology YEARS ARE COMING, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "years are coming, years are going, creeds may change and pass away" Last Line: "songs of joy proclaim the story of a fair, transfigured earth" Subject(s): Brotherhood;religion; Theology YELLOW, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When they turn the sun Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology YOU ALL KNOW THE STORY OF THE OTHER WOMAN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's a little walden Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology YOU AND TODAY, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With every rising of the sun Last Line: With god himself to bind the twain! Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Religion; Theology YOU, DOCTOR MARTIN, by ANNE SEXTON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You, doctor martin, walk Subject(s): God; Insanity; Religion; Madness; Mental Illness; Theology YOUNG DESIRE, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: When young desire first shakes his lustrous wings Last Line: The sanctity of one true woman's kiss. Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Love; Passion; Religion; Theology YOUR CHURCH AND MINE, by PHILLIPS H. LORD Poem Text First Line: You go to your church, and I'll go to mine Last Line: But let's walk along together. Alternate Author Name(s): Parker, Seth Subject(s): Religion; Theology YOUR FACE ON THE DOG'S NECK, by ANNE SEXTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is early afternoon Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology YOUR PLACE, by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY Poem Text First Line: Is your place a small place? Last Line: Who set you there. Alternate Author Name(s): Oxenham, John Subject(s): Religion; Theology YOUTH, by CLYDE MCGEE Poem Text First Line: Not theirs to question or to hesitate Last Line: Gird thou our sinews and our souls to go! Subject(s): Churches; God; Religion; Youth; Cathedrals; Theology ZION HILL, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Those anguished salesmen of the scriptures Last Line: Smiling over his inheritance. Subject(s): Redemption; Religion; Revivals; Salvation; Theology; Religious Revivals ZION, OR THE CITY OF GOD, by JOHN NEWTON Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Glorious things of thee are spoken Last Line: None but zion's children know. Variant Title(s): Psalm 87 Subject(s): Religion; Theology |
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