The Prodigal Son (Elizabeth Bentley Poems)
BENEATH a father's roof two brethren dwelt,And each domestic comfort truly felt;What farther pleasure could their souls require?The happy sons ...
BENEATH a father's roof two brethren dwelt,And each domestic comfort truly felt;What farther pleasure could their souls require?The happy sons ...
WHAT blest design in Albion's Council moves,Which earth with pleasure views, and heav'n approves?'Tis a design humanely just and kind,Worthy ...
WHAT angel forms, attired in robes of light,Pour their effulgence on my raptur'd sight?Th' ethereal VIRTUES! lo! the radiant band!Appal'd, ...
AND THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON. HIGH on a rock, whose craggy browO'erlooks the subject main below,Her throne Britannia rears;And ...
DAUGHTER of Innocence! descend,Thou stranger to repining Care;Whose breast no furious passions rend,Let human hearts thy influence share:Why wilt thou ...
COME Contemplation, in whose mienAwful Wisdom sits serene,Pleas'd shall the eye thy form survey;No gaudy plumage decks thy brow,Nor dazzling ...
SAY, lordly Man, of pow'rs possest,That no inferior creatures know;Say, can the mind with reason blest,Relentless fury show.To thy domain ...
O POWER Supreme! whose awful wordAgain commands th' avenging swordO'er guilty man to glare;Lord! while thy judgments yet impend,Before thy ...
FAR from contention, envy, strife,Be mine the tranquil path of life,To lift the cottage simple latch,Where woodbines climb the lowly ...
HARK! the glad horn's sonorous strain,Responsive to the shouting swain,Proclaims the harvest o'er;The master of the field stands by,And views ...
YE sons of men! with reverence bowBefore th' Almighty's throne!With adoration's hallow'd glow;His ceaseless goodness own:Obedient to his dread controul,Famine, ...
NOW thickening darkness spreads her solemn shade,What awful sounds the startled ear invade,Awake the hallow'd silence of the night,And strike ...
YE sons of British heroes,Who've fought in Glory's field,Shall ye to Gallic boastersYour laurels ever yield?With rage and envy franticAgainst ...
O'ER the vast deep, what storms arise,And mighty billows bound,In seeming contest with the skies,Destruction dealing round!Yet mightier He who ...
© 2020 Inspirational Stories