Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

Robert Frost

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Topic

God and man Forgiveness

Author

Robert Frost

Source

Cluster of Faith In the Clearing

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Frost, Robert. "Cluster of Faith." In the Clearing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962, poem 5.

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There was peace in their hearts. They were filled with the fearlessness of those who have lost everything, the fearlessness which is not easy to come by but which endures.

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Source
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Time
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If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own.

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Nature of God God and man God Anthropomorphism

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Xenophanes
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK21 B15.

Current Citation

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