Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFTERWARD HE REPENTED, AND WENT, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Lord, when my heart was whole I kept it back
Last Line: And answer 'give it me.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Forgiveness; God; Sin


LORD, when my heart was whole I kept it back
And grudged to give it Thee.
Now then that it is broken, must I lack
Thy kind word 'Give it Me'?
Silence would be but just, and Thou art just.
Yet since I lie here shattered in the dust,
With still an eye to lift to Thee,
A broken heart to give,
I think that Thou wilt bid me live,
And answer 'Give it Me.'





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