A Prayer In Darkness Poem by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
A Prayer In Darkness
This much, O heaven—if I should brood or rave,
Pity me not; but let the world be fed,
Yea, in my madness if I strike me dead,
Heed you the grass that grows upon my grave.
If I dare snarl between this sun and sod,
Whimper and clamour, give me grace to own,
In sun and rain and fruit in season shown,
The shining silence of the scorn of God.
Thank God the stars are set beyond my power,
If I must travail in a night of wrath,
Thank God my tears will never vex a moth,
Nor any curse of mine cut down a flower.
Men say the sun was darkened: yet I had
Thought it beat brightly, even on—Calvary:
And He that hung upon the Torturing Tree
Heard all the crickets singing, and was glad.
excellent stanza and writings- Thank God the stars are set beyond my power, If I must travail in a night of wrath, Thank God my tears will never vex a moth, Nor any curse of mine cut down a flower. great
Let the world be fed! ! With the muse of the truth. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
'Thank God my tears will never vex a moth, Nor any curse of mine cut down a flower'............Beautiful thought!
Thank God the stars are set beyond my power, If I must travail in a night of wrath, Thank God my tears will never vex a moth, Nor any curse of mine cut down a flower........beautiful prayer, thankfulness and gratefulness to God; beautiful poem articulated; pleasure to read
This is very inspiring indeed and so beautifully scripted touches my heart......10++
in my madness if I strike me dead, Heed you the grass that grows upon my grave. If I must travail in a night of wrath, Thank God my tears will never vex a moth, Nor any curse of mine cut down a flower. fill the heart with love and not with hatred. tony
Well articulated and nicely brought forth with spiritual insight. Thanks for sharing.
" The shining silence of the scorn of God" An out standing conceptualization worthy of selection as classic poem of the Day.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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