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Welcome to our collection of poems about religion! Religion has been a source of inspiration for poets for centuries, and our collection brings together some of the most beautiful and thought-provoking religious poetry from around the world. Whether you're seeking comfort, inspiration, or a deeper understanding of your faith, our collection has something for everyone. From the divine mysteries of Christianity to the teachings of Islam and Buddhism, these poems explore the complex relationship between humanity and the divine. So take a moment to reflect on the spiritual journey through the power of poetry, and discover the beauty and richness of religious expression in verse.

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Happens to the Heart — Leonard Cohen	I was always working steady But I never called it art I was funding my depression Meeting Jesus reading Marx Sure it failed my little fire But it’s bright...	491 views Rate it
Home-Thoughts, From The Sea — Robert Browning	Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-west died away; Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay; Bluish 'mid the burning water,...	491 views Rate it
In Whose Image Are We Made? — Karl Constantine FOLKES	I beseech you all. Pray, tell me — in honesty. Who are we Earthlings. Behaving as if like gods. Rather — misbehaving folks? With no empathy. ...	490 views Rate it
The Confessional — Robert Browning	I....	490 views Rate it
St. Agnes' Eve — Alfred Lord Tennyson	Deep on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon: My breath to heaven like vapour goes; May my soul follow soon! The shadows...	489 views Rate it
Leila And Athelstan, Our Loving Mom and Dad (In Celebration of Your 50th Wedding Anniversary) — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Two score years and ten of yesterday, You two did tie the knot: Whereof you spun your golden thread, And made the land fertile. It was in Nineteen...	487 views Rate it
The Farewell of a Virginia Slave Mother — John Greenleaf Whittier	Of A Virginia Slave Mother To Her Daughters Sold Into Southern...	485 views Rate it
Fruit of the Tree Yields Fruit of the Womb — Karl Constantine FOLKES	Apple is a fruit. Fruit requires laboring. The Fruit of the...	481 views Rate it
The Shepherd Boy sings in the Valley of Humiliation — John Bunyan	HE that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low, no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his...	476 views Rate it
We are Seven — William Wordsworth	--------A Simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of...	475 views Rate it
A Child's Prayer — Margaret Betham-Edwards	God, make my life a little light Within the world to glow; A little flame that burneth bright Wherever I may...	475 views Rate it
He That Is Down Need Fear No Fall — Louisa May Alcott	He that is down need fear no fall, He that is low no pride. He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his...	475 views Rate it
Good Company — Karle Wilson Baker	To-day I have grown taller from walking with the trees, The seven sister-poplars who go softly in a line; And I think my heart is whiter for its parley...	475 views Rate it
Only Breath — Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi	Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any...	473 views Rate it
The Twelve — Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok	III Our sons have gone to serve the Reds to serve the Reds to risk their...	473 views Rate it
Patterns — Amy Lowell	I walk down the garden-paths, And all the daffodils Are blowing, and the bright blue squills. I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff,...	470 views Rate it
Address to the Devil — Robert Burns	1 O thou! whatever title suit thee,-- 2 Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie! 3 Wha in yon cavern, grim an' sootie, 4 Clos'd under...	469 views Rate it
Amazing Grace — John Newton	Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound!) That sav'd a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I...	465 views Rate it
The Ballad of the White Horse — Gilbert Keith Chesterton	DEDICATION...	465 views Rate it
The Scholars — William Butler Yeats	BALD heads forgetful of their sins, Old, learned, respectable bald heads Edit and annotate the lines That young men, tossing on their beds, Rhymed out in...	464 views Rate it
Songs — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	SONGS are like painted window-panes! In darkness wrapp'd the church remains, If from the market-place we view it; Thus sees the ignoramus through it. No...	464 views Rate it
The Sleeper — Edgar Allan Poe	At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon. An opiate vapor, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, ...	464 views Rate it
Spring — Gerard Manley Hopkins	Nothing is so beautiful as spring -- When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through...	463 views Rate it
At the Wedding-March — Gerard Manley Hopkins	God with honour hang your head, Groom, and grace you, bride, your bed With lissome scions, sweet scions, Out of hallowed bodies...	463 views Rate it
Hermaphroditus — Algernon Charles Swinburne	I. LIFT UP thy lips, turn round, look back for love, Blind love that comes by night and casts out rest; Of all things tired thy lips look weariest, Save...	463 views Rate it