Famous Seven Deadly Sins Poems by Famous Poets

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The Book of Urizen: Chapter II

...f dark contemplation
By fightings and conflicts dire,
With terrible monsters Sin-bred:
Which the bosoms of all inhabit;
Seven deadly Sins of the soul. 

7. Lo! I unfold my darkness: and on
This rock, place with strong hand the Book
Of eternal brass, written in my solitude.

8. Laws of peace, of love, of unity:
Of pity, compassion, forgiveness. 
Let each chuse one habitation:
His ancient infinite mansion:
One command, one joy, one desire,
One curse, one weight, one measure
One...Read more of this...
by Blake, William


The Book of Urizen: Chapter III

...indignation
In cataracts of fire blood & gall
In whirlwinds of sulphurous smoke:
And enormous forms of energy;
All the seven deadly sins of the soul
In living creations appear'd
In the flames of eternal fury.

3. Sund'ring, dark'ning, thund'ring!
Rent away with a terrible crash
Eternity roll'd wide apart 
Wide asunder rolling
Mountainous all around
Departing; departing; departing:
Leaving ruinous fragments of life
Hanging frowning cliffs & all between 
An ocean of voidness u...Read more of this...
by Blake, William

The Lady of the Lake

...inging long curse on the bonny brown bowl,
     That there 's wrath and despair in the jolly black-jack,
     And the seven deadly sins in a flagon of sack;
     Yet whoop, Barnaby! off with thy liquor,
     Drink upsees out, and a fig for the vicar!

     Our vicar he calls it damnation to sip
     The ripe ruddy dew of a woman's dear lip,
     Says that Beelzebub lurks in her kerchief so sly,
     And Apollyon shoots darts from her merry black eye;
     Yet whoop,...Read more of this...
by Scott, Sir Walter

To A Madonna

...o make thy drama all complete, 
That love and cruelty may mix and meet, 
I, thy remorseful torturer, will take 
All the Seven Deadly Sins, and from them make 
In darkest joy, Seven Knives, cruel-edged and keen, 
And like a juggler choosing, O my Queen, 
That spot profound whence love and mercy start, 
I'll plunge them all within thy panting heart!...Read more of this...
by Baudelaire, Charles

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