Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE TWO SAYINGS, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING


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First Line: Two sayings of the holy scriptures beat
Last Line: On him who could reject but not sustain!
Subject(s): God; Religion; Theology


Two sayings of the Holy Scriptures beat
Like pulses in the Church's brow and breast;
And by them we find rest in our unrest,
And heart-deep in salt tears, do yet entreat
God's fellowship, as if on heavenly seat.
The first is Jesus wept, whereon is prest
Full many a sobbing face that drops its best
And sweetest waters on the record sweet:
And one is, where the Christ denied and scorned
Looked upon Peter. Oh, to render plain,
By help of having loved a little and mourned,
That look of sovran love and sovran pain
Which he who could not sin yet suffered, turned
On him who could reject but not sustain!




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