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The Battle Already Won
(The ‘Our Father’ Sonnet)
Eternal Father, sacred is your name,
To heaven I call you, behind the veil,
Let your kingdom be mine, my own domain,
If I obey your word, least not I fail.
Upon this terra, your heavenly plane,
My mouth is fed daily, full is my pail,
My sins are forgiven, if you so deign,
Free will is mine, to forgive, not to rail.
Help me to resist the tempter’s calling,
The opening wide, is easy to take,
Corrupted by vice, I shall be falling,
But, if I take heed, He will not forsake:
Praise be to the Father and to the Son,
Saved, I am. The battle already won
Copyright ©2005 Michael Gallagher
(The ‘Our Father’ Sonnet)
Eternal Father, sacred is your name,
To heaven I call you, behind the veil,
Let your kingdom be mine, my own domain,
If I obey your word, least not I fail.
Upon this terra, your heavenly plane,
My mouth is fed daily, full is my pail,
My sins are forgiven, if you so deign,
Free will is mine, to forgive, not to rail.
Help me to resist the tempter’s calling,
The opening wide, is easy to take,
Corrupted by vice, I shall be falling,
But, if I take heed, He will not forsake:
Praise be to the Father and to the Son,
Saved, I am. The battle already won
Copyright ©2005 Michael Gallagher
