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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAGDALEN, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the day that the world shall end my dear Last Line: And forfeited heaven for him. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Mary Magdalen; Sacrifices; Women In The Bible; Mary Magdalene | |||
On the day that the world shall end my dear I shall stand at the judgment bar Your name on my lips, your face in my heart Your love as my guiding star, And then I shall say to the God above As he looks through my soul for sin Only one great fault You will find, dear Lord, Inscribed on the scroll within. I have tended Your sheep and nurtured Your lambs, I have comforted hearts in despair, I have kept the commandments with never a pause Save the one You see written there, But You are my Judge and I hope You can find Some grace for a flaw so grim For I loved a mortal far more than my life And forfeited heaven for him. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARY MAGDALENE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) AN ANNUAL OF THE DARK PHYSICS by NORMAN DUBIE MAUDLIN; OR, THE MAGDALEN€™S TEARS by LINDA GREGERSON MARY MAGDALENE by GEORGE HERBERT LENT by WILLIAM ROBERT RODGERS SONNETS ON PICTURES: MARY MAGDALEN AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE PHARISEE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI MARY MAGDALEN by BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA MAGDALEN by GEORGE KENYON ASHENDON S. MARY MAGDALEN'S OINTMENT by JOSEPH BEAUMONT OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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