Английская поэзия


ГлавнаяБиографииСтихи по темамСлучайное стихотворениеПереводчикиСсылкиАнтологии
Рейтинг поэтовРейтинг стихотворений

John Stagg (Джон Стэгг)


A Prayer


Hail, mighty Father! God of all!
In whom the just rejoice;
To whom whole worlds obedient fall,
Hear, hear my suppliant voice?

Conduct me thro' this wilder'd path,
With thy all-guiding hand,
That I may learn to shun thy wrath,
And wait on thy command.

Let me be neither high nor low,
But in a medium state,
Least I too great thy rules forgo,
Or poor I curse my fate.

Make me contented with my lot,
Nor let my heart repine,
For be I great or be I not,
'Tis thy great will divine.

Great Heav'n still works but for the best,
Tho' men conceive the worst,
He who's content is truly blest,
If discontent, accurst.

If I am blind, need I to grieve,
'Twas Heav'n's all-wise decree,
Who could with ease my loss retrieve,
If that were mete for me.

Yet know the man that's truly just,
And in his soul sincere,
Who in his God confides his trust,
Needs no disaster fear.

When troubles compass him around,
And sorrows wide distend,
When no apparent help is found,
His God shall stand his friend.

Not all the storms that shake the pole,
Nor sweep the foaming main,
Can e'er disturb his halcyon soul,
Or force him to complain.

Then with unanimous accord,
Let all the earth combine,
To praise the mighty God, the Lord
Eternal and divine.

To God the Father and the Son,
And holy Spirit, Three in One,
Let all the earth their praises pour,
Not only now—but evermore.



John Stagg's other poems:
  1. Occasional Reflections
  2. Sonnet on Winter
  3. Tom Pendant
  4. The Sapient Ass
  5. Sonnet on Autumn


Poems of another poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

  • Dante Rossetti (Данте Россетти) A Prayer ("LADY, in thy proud eyes")
  • Anne Brontë (Энн Бронте) A Prayer ("My God (oh, let me call Thee mine")
  • Paul Dunbar (Пол Данбар) A Prayer ("O Lord, the hard-won miles")
  • Norman Gale (Норман Гейл) A Prayer ("TEND me my birds, and bring again")
  • James Joyce (Джеймс Джойс) A Prayer ("Again!") Paris, 1924
  • Amy Levy (Эми Леви) A Prayer ("Since that I may not have")
  • Edward Sill (Эдвард Силл) A Prayer ("O GOD, our Father, if we had but truth!")
  • Sara Teasdale (Сара Тисдейл) A Prayer ("Until I lose my soul and lie")
  • Claude McKay (Клод Маккей) A Prayer ("’Mid the discordant noises of the day I hear thee calling")
  • Ada Cambridge (Cross) (Ада Кембридж (Кросс)) A Prayer ("Spirit and Breath of Life, whate'er Thy name!")

    Распечатать стихотворение. Poem to print Распечатать (Print)

    Количество обращений к стихотворению: 1182


    Последние стихотворения


    To English version


  • Рейтинг@Mail.ru

    Английская поэзия. Адрес для связи eng-poetry.ru@yandex.ru