William Gay Life Poems

  • 1.
    Three Ghosts that haunt me have I,
    Three Ghosts in my soul that fight,
    Three grandsire Ghosts in my soul,
    That haunt me by day and by night.
    ...
  • 2.
    Nay! sing no more thy wild delusive strain
    (I heard them say, while I my song pursued),
    'Tis but the rage of thy delirious brain
    (I heard them say, yet still my song renewed):
    ...
  • 3.
    I am not daunted by the show of things,
    Nor do I pass them with averted eyes,
    Feigning I do not see, nor on the wings
    Of fair deluding fancy lightly rise
    ...
  • 4.
    As dropping moisture on December flowers,
    As sunlight breaking o'er the August plain,
    As shines the Virgin on the midnight hours,
    So is thy presence at the bed of pain;
    ...
  • 5.
    And, now, a vacancy occurs,
    For very nearly sixteen years,
    In which I'd not the least desire,
    To strike the harp or tune the lyre.
    ...
  • 6.
    O steep and rugged Life, whose harsh ascent
    Slopes blindly upward through the bitter night!
    They say that on thy summit, high in light,
    Sweet rest awaits the climber, travel-spent;
    ...
  • 7.
    IF in the summer of thy bright regard
    For one brief season these poor Rhymes shall live
    I ask no more, nor think my fate too hard
    If other eyes but wintry looks should give;
    ...
  • 8.
    Hail foes to oppression, and lovers of freedom!
    Your day has arrived, and your power you know:-
    This host of timeservers, I'm sure we don't need them,
    And we'll never support them! O! no, my friends, no!
    ...
Total 8 Life Poems by William Gay

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Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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