Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PENIEL, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY


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PENIEL, by                    
First Line: My rachel and my benjamin, o lord
Last Line: "my heart and flesh cry, ""god of bethel, come!"
Subject(s): God; Grief; Love; Sorrow; Sadness


MY Rachel and my Benjamin, O Lord,
Have passéd over with the flocks and herds.
I watch with awful night beside the ford;
My hands are guilty. Stains of lying words
Are thick upon my lips; yet must I pray.
Whether Thy Presence lame me, leave me dumb,
Cast scales upon mine eyes, or slay me quite,
My heart and flesh cry, "God of Bethel, Come!"





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