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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNSHRIVEN, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography
First Line: I have paid well for every sin
Last Line: About my dying bed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Ghosts; Sin; Supernatural; Dead, The
First Line: I have paid well for every sin
Last Line: About my dying bed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Ghosts; Sin; Supernatural; Dead, The
I HAVE paid well for every sin
And blotted out the score;
So great I made my punishment --
Not God could make it more.
But these no man calls sin -- too small
For penance or regret --
The tardy thought, the careless kiss,
The groping hand unmet.
The sorrow that I left unsoothed,
The word I left unsaid, --
Ah me! I know what ghosts must stand
About my dying bed.
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