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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PENITENT, by ANNE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I mourn with thee, and yet rejoice
Last Line: "but ""there is joy in heaven!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton
Subject(s): Sin
First Line: I mourn with thee, and yet rejoice
Last Line: "but ""there is joy in heaven!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Acton
Subject(s): Sin
I MOURN with thee, and yet rejoice
That thou shouldst sorrow so;
With angel choirs I join my voice
To bless the sinner's woe.
Though friends and kindred turn away,
And laugh thy grief to scorn;
I hear the great Redeemer say,
"Blessed are ye that mourn."
Hold on thy course, nor deem it strange
That earthly cords are riven:
Man may lament the wondrous change,
But "there is joy in heaven!"
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