Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SACRAFICE, by CHARLOTTE DEMOREST CURREN


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SACRAFICE, by                    
First Line: When, on that day, with you I felt the flame
Last Line: I'd choose that day when I was crucified!
Subject(s): Sacrifices


When, on that day, with you I felt the flame
Of sacrifice, endured the cross that stood
A barrier between us, all of good
Dropped from life's glowing hands. I held as shame
If, while I worshiped there, I yet could blame
That burning bush of beauty and the rood
On which my hopes were nailed to die. (Such wood
As flamed to ashes in my tortured frame.)

Here do I swear that if, from out my life
One day, nay, but one moment, might be left
To hold forever, fully satisfied,
Within my heart, -- a prize wrung from the strife;
And I of all the rest be then bereft, --
I'd choose that day when I was crucified!





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