<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=461148" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Prayer unto Christ</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Judge Of The World</div><div style="margin:10px 0">O Dearest Dread, most glorious King,<br>I'le of thy justest Judgements sing:<br>So thou my head and heart inspire,<br>To Sing aright, as I desire.<br>Thee, thee alone I'le invocate,<br>For I do much abominate<br>To call the Muses to mine aid:<br>Which is th' Unchristian use, and trade<br>Of some that Christians would be thought,<br>And yet they worship worse then nought.<br>Oh! what a deal of Blasphemy,<br>And Heathenish Impiety,<br>In Christian Poets may be found,<br>Where Heathen gods with praise are Crown'd,<br>They make Jehovah to stand by,<br>Till Juno, Venus, Mercury,<br>With frowning Mars, and thundering Jove<br>Rule Earth below, and Heaven above.<br>But I have learnt to pray to none,<br>Save unto God in Christ alone.<br>Nor will I laud, no, not in jest,<br>That which I know God doth detest.<br>I reckon it a damning evil<br>To give Gods Praises to the Devil.<br>Thou, Christ, art he to whom I pray,<br>Thy Glory fain I would display.<br>Oh! guide me by thy sacred Sprite<br>So to indite, and so to write,<br>That I thine holy Name may praise,<br>And teach the Sons of men thy wayes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Wigglesworth">Michael Wigglesworth</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=461148" data-title="A Prayer unto Christ de Michael Wigglesworth" data-description="The Judge Of The World O Dearest Dread, most glorious King, I'le of thy justest Judgements sing: So thou my head and heart inspire, To Sing aright, as I desire. Thee, thee alone I'le invocate, For I do much abominate To call the Muses to mine aid..."></div> </div> </div>

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