Truth And Divine Love Rejected By The World
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
O love, of pure and heavenly birth!
O simple truth, scarce known on earth!
Whom men resist with stubborn will;
And, more perverse and daring still,
Smother and quench, with reasonings vain,
While error and deception reign.
Whence comes it, that, your power the same
As His on high from whence you came,
Ye rarely find a listening ear,
Or heart that makes you welcome here?—
Because ye bring reproach and pain,
Where'er ye visit, in your train.
The world is proud, and cannot bear
The scorn and calumny ye share;
The praise of men the mark they mean,
They fly the place where ye are seen;
Pure love, with scandal in the rear,
Suits not the vain; it costs too dear.
Then, let the price be what it may,
Though poor, I am prepared to pay;
Come shame, come sorrow; spite of tears,
Weakness, and heart–oppressing fears;
One soul, as least, shall not repine,
To give you room; come, reign in mine!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCC DDEECC FFGGHH IIXXCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 879 |
Words | 166 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
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