Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, O LORD, I AM ASHAMED TO SEEK THY FACE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: Thy mercy's all-amazing monument
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): God; Repentance; Shame


O Lord, I am ashamed to seek Thy Face
As tho' I loved Thee as Thy saints love Thee:
Yet turn from those Thy lovers, look on me,
Disgrace me not with uttermost disgrace;
But pour on me ungracious, pour Thy grace
To purge my heart and bid my will go free,
Till I too taste Thy hidden Sweetness, see
Thy hidden Beauty in the holy place.
O Thou Who callest sinners to repent,
Call me Thy sinner unto penitence,
For many sins grant me the greater love:
Set me above the waterfloods, above
Devil and shifting world and fleshly sense,
Thy Mercy's all-amazing monument.





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