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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VAIN REPENTANCE, by PHOEBE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do we not say, forgive us, lord Last Line: Not my rebellious will, but thine! Subject(s): Repentance; Penitence | |||
DO we not say, forgive us, Lord, Oft when too well we understand Our sorrow is not such as thou Requirest at the sinner's hand? Have we not sought thy face in tears, When our desire hath rather been Deliverance from the punishment, Than full deliverance from the sin? Alas! we mourn because we fain Would keep the things we should resign: And pray, because we cannot pray -- Not my rebellious will, but thine! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER by JOHN DONNE THE RUBAIYAT, 1859 EDITION: 7 by OMAR KHAYYAM RECONCILIATION by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A LEGEND OF THE NORTHLAND by PHOEBE CARY |
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