THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY

THE DEVIL. "Thou drinkest deep." "When Christ would sup He drained the dregs from out my cup; So how should I be lifted up?" "Th ...

Vows made with tears cannot be still in vain. Then once again I vow to mend my ways; Lord, say Amen, And thine be all the praise ...

"And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment."—JOHN xvi. 8. The world is wise, ...

I mourn thou art not as thou mightest be, But the love of God would do all for thee. FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER. * THE CRY OF T ...

The mother from her babe looks up, And shrieks away its sleeping. Be pitiful, O God! The plague of gold strides far and near, An ...

Our tears drop on the lids that said Last night, "Be stronger hearted!" O God,—to clasp those fingers close, And yet to feel so ...

We look upon the longest. Be pitiful, O God! And soon all vision waxeth dull— Men whisper, "He is dying": We cry no more, "Be pi ...

For all at last the cock will crow Who hear the warning voice, but go Unheeding, Till thrice and more they have denied The Man o ...

And what is it all, when all is done? A tide with never a shore in sight Getting steadily on to the night. The fisher droppeth h ...

Sent thee from heaven to me! Had I not heard thy gentle tread approach, Not heard the whisper of thy welcome voice, Death had wi ...

The low desire, the base design, That makes another's virtues less; The revel of the ruddy wine, And all occasions of excess; Th ...

Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on its wrecks, at last To something nobler we attain. HE ...

And in the moonlight blue The saint saw,—not the wandering boy, But him who walked upon the sea And o'er the plains of Galilee, ...

We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May, Yet grass is green when flowers do fade away. ROBERT SOUTHWELL. * THE RIGHT ...

Blest, is he who can divine Where the real right doth lie, And dares to take the side that seems Wrong to man's blindfold eye. F ...

All common good has common price; Exceeding good, exceeding; Christ bought the keys of Paradise By cruel bleeding; And every sou ...

Aside, as idly as the blast The light leaf from the tree. No: uncurbed passions, low desires, Absence of noble self-respect. Dea ...

Is it to quit the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill The platter high with fish? Is it to fast an hour. Or ragg'd to go, Or show A ...

* By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for 't is ...

WATER TURNED INTO WINE. The conscious water saw its God and blushed. THE WIDOW'S MITES. Two mites, two drops, yet all her house ...