Famous Beatitudes Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Beatitudes poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous beatitudes poems. These examples illustrate what a famous beatitudes poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...would touch
The robe that hath no seam.
Ye see the curse which overbroods
A world of pain and loss;
I hear our Lord's beatitudes
And prayer upon the cross.
More than your schoolmen teach, within
Myself, alas! I know:
Too dark ye cannot paint the sin,
Too small the merit show.
I bow my forehead to the dust,
I veil mine eyes for shame,
And urge, in trembling self-distrust,
A prayer without a claim.
I see the wrong that round me lies,
I feel the guilt within;
I hear, with g...Read more of this...
by
Whittier, John Greenleaf
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