Poetic Digressions

Auld Lang Syne (Remix)

Old friendships should not be forgotten. At least that’s the central point of the 18th century Scottish poem. Robert Burns first produced the lines in written form in 1788. It has become a New Year’s Eve custom for many who sing it when the clock strikes midnight. The song begins with a rhetorical question, “Should old

Be a Man!

The following poem was written by Daniel Taylor and published in 1899. Quit You Like Men Stand up, Faint-heart; face thy foe; Deal him many a well-aimed blow; Let the cringing craven know, As you can, That thy spirit has will, That thy soul hath metal still, And thy arm’s not lost its skill, Be

The Apologist’s Evening Prayer

C.S. Lewis sketched the following poem in the rise of his popularity as a spokesperson and defender of the Christian faith. His apologetic work took a toll on the man, and his poem serves as a helpful prayer for all who work to the advance the gospel in the public square: From all my lame

Whom Am I?

The following poem was written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in prison one month before he was executed under Hitler’s evil regime; which Bonhoeffer opposed in word, in deed, in life, and in death. Who am I? They often tell me I would step from my cell’s confinement calmly, cheerfully, firmly, like a squire from his country-house.

Envoy

Go, songs, for ended is our brief, sweet play; Go, children of swift joy and tardy sorrow: And some are sung, and that was yesterday, And some unsung, and that may be to-morrow. Go forth; and if it be o’er stony way, Old joy can lend what newer grief must borrow: And it was sweet,