Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRODIGAL, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: When I came to you banned, dishonored Last Line: O brothers, your love -- your love! Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Grace | ||||||||
WHEN I came to you banned, dishonored, Brother of yours no more, And raised my hands where your roof-tree stands, Why did you open the door? When I came to you starving, thirsting, Beggared of aught but sin, Why did you rise with welcoming eyes And lift me and bid me in? You have set me first at your feast, You have robed me in tenderness, Yet, Brothers of mine, these tears for sign That I would your grace were less. For I had not been crushed by your hate, Who courted the pain thereof; But you stab me through when you give anew, O Brothers, your love -- your love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BROTHERS: 7. STILL THERE IS MERCY, THERE IS GRACE by LUCILLE CLIFTON ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK GRACE FOR CHILDREN by ROBERT HERRICK AN EASTER OFFERING by NANCY A. BASTON SOMETIMES by C. MARGARET BRANDT A GRACE BEFORE DINNER by ROBERT BURNS GRACE AFTER MEAT (1) by ROBERT BURNS GRACE AFTER MEAT (2) by ROBERT BURNS A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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