Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WEIGH ALL MY FAULTS AND FOLLIES RIGHTEOUSLY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: My guilt, my folly, even my heart of stone Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Judgment Day | ||||||||
WEIGH all my faults and follies righteously, Omissions and commissions, sin on sin; Make deep the scale, O Lord, to weigh them in; Yea, set the Accuser vulture-eyed to see All loads ingathered which belong to me: That so in life the judgment may begin And Angels learn how hard it is to win One solitary sinful soul to Thee. I have no merits for a counterpoise: Oh vanity my work and hastening day, What can I answer to the accursing voice? Lord, drop Thou in the counterscale alone One Drop from Thine own Heart, and overweigh My guilt, my folly, even my heart of stone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A KNOCK ON THE DOOR by JAMES TATE ON ETHNIC DEFINITIONS by ELEANOR WILNER THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL by WILLIAM BLAKE THE END OF THE WORLD by GORDON BOTTOMLEY 1X1 (ONE TIMES ONE): 20 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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