Santa Teresa's Book-Mark
The speaker urges freedom from disturbance and fear, contrasting passing things with an unchanging God. Patient endurance attains all things, and whoever possesses God lacks nothing.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Devotional Poetry, Didactic Poetry · 76 words
First lines
(Letrilla Que Llevaba Por Registro En Su Breviario)
By Santa Teresa de Avila
Let nothing disturb thee, / Nothing affright thee; / All things are passing; / God never changeth; / Patient endurance / Attaineth to all things; / Who God possesseth / In nothing is wanting; / Alone God sufficeth.
Genres
- Devotional Poetry — The short verses affirm God's constancy and sufficiency as grounds for freedom from fear.
- Didactic Poetry — Direct commands counsel calm, and concise assertions teach patient endurance and reliance on God.
Tags
faith · patience · fear · divine sufficiency · devotional poetry
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Devotional Poetry, Didactic Poetry
- Length: 76 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
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