God's New Year's Gift
What shall the coming year bring forth,
O Lord, who rulest the land?
For the navies of the sea and air
Are but stubble in Thy hand.
The battalions in the field go forth;
They arm in mighty line;
Do they kneel to know Thy holy will?
Have they asked from Thee a sign?
The kings invoke Thy holy name,
In their carnage and their strife;
But the purple gift it was Thine to give
Recks not of pity nor life:
For they're drunk with the wine of lustful power,
And seared with the sins of earth;
And their prayers and preachments now mock Thy name,
And make of Thy laws but mirth.
January 1, 1916.
For Duncan Campbell Scott.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABXBACXC DEXEXFDF X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 609 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1, 1 |
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