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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ACCEPTATION, by WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK MAGEE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Establish in some better way Last Line: And grief alone is near to god. Alternate Author Name(s): Eglinton, John | |||
ESTABLISH in some better way My life, thou Godhead! that I may Know whether it as virtue ranks To scorn Thy gifts, or give Thee thanks. For now I feel Thee near, unsought. But why, when I seemed worth Thy thought, High-soul'd, impatient for a task -- Why not have called me then, I ask? No mountings of the spirit please; Thou dost accept our dregs and lees; The wise are they that feel Thy rod, And grief alone is near to God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WINDS by WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK MAGEE A DREAM OF JULIUS CAESAR by ROBERT FROST THE WILLING MISTRESS by APHRA BEHN THE MESSAGES by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE FIRST DAY: PAUL REVERE'S RIDE [APRIL 1775] by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW UPON THE CIRCUMCISION by JOHN MILTON SWEET MEETING OF DESIRES by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE THE FADED VIOLET by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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