Poems about alpha (21 Poems)
A Certain King (Lorenzo Dow Blackson Poems)
A certain King whose power is great,For his own glory did createA spacious globe, and it did placeIn what is termed the field of space. This globe by name he called the earth,Ordaining that it should give birthTo creatures formed … Continue reading
The Believer’s Espousals : Chapter III. (Ralph Erskine Poems)
The Fruits of the Believer’s Marriage with Christ, particularly gospel-holiness and obedience to the Law as a rule. Sect. I.The sweet Solemnity of the Marriage now over, and the sad effects of the remains of a Legal Spirit. The match … Continue reading
Christ Is All In All (Rees Prichard Poems)
‘TIS Christ, ’tis Christ himself, that’s all in all;Without Him, man must to perdition fall:No thing, no person, besides Christ alone,Can for the sins of human kind atone. The serpent with an apple man deceiv’d —The serpent man of Paradise … Continue reading
The Believer’s Principles : Chap. I. (Ralph Erskine Poems)
The Believer’s Principles, ConcerningI. Creation and Redemption.II. Law and Gospel.III. Justification and Sanctification.IV. Faith and Sense.V. Heaven and Earth. Chap. I.The Believer’s Principles concerning Creation and Redemption; or, some of the first Principles of the Oracles of God. Sect. I.Of CREATION … Continue reading
Let Us Go To Bethlehem (Rees Prichard Poems)
LET’s to Bethlehem all advance,With song, with merriment, and dance,And see the blest Redeemer, bornTo us, on this auspicious morn. In Bethlehem He is to be seen,In the stable of an inn;Let us there our gifts bestow —Let us all … Continue reading
A Lesson In Geography (Kenneth Rexroth Poems)
The stars of the Great Bear drift apartThe Horse and the Rider together northeastwardAlpha and Omega asunderThe others diverselyThere are rocksOn the earth more durableThan the configurations of heavenSpecies now motile and sanguineShall see the stars in new clustersThe beaches … Continue reading
The Father (Joshua Sylvester Poems)
ALPHA and Omega, God alone: Eloi, My God, the Holy-One; Whose Power is Omnipotence: Whose Wisedome is Omni-science: Whose Beeing is All Soveraigne Blisse:Whose Worke Perfection’s Fulnesse is; Under All things, not under-cast; Over All things, not over-plac’t; Within All … Continue reading
The Astronaut (Leonardas Andriekus Poems)
I don’t think I’ll live to seeThe first astronautWho will see the starsIn the timeless cosmos.When he comes backI will have made my own journeyInto spaceFrom which no oneReturns. When he talksAbout Alpha Centauri,About light yearsIn constellation nebulas -I will … Continue reading
Ode To The Setting Sun (Francis Thompson Poems)
Alpha and Omega, sadness and mirth, The springing music, and its wasting breath–The fairest things in life are Death and Birth, And of these two the fairer thing is Death.Mystical twins of Time inseparable, The younger hath the holier array, … Continue reading
Ode To The New Century (Charles Hamilton Musgrove Poems)
The dial has pointed the hour and the hour has rounded the day, The day has finished the year that dies with a century’s birth; Eastward the morning stars sing as they go their way: … Continue reading