Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOLLOW THOU ME, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Lord, carry me - nay, but I grant thee strength
Last Line: Follow thou me along my way of grief.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


LORD, carry me. -- Nay, but I grant thee strength
To walk and work thy way to Heaven at length. --

Lord, why then am I weak? -- Because I give
Power to the weak, and bid the dying live. ---

Lord, I am tired. -- He hath not much desired
The goal who at the starting-point is tired. --

Lord, dost Thou know? -- I know what is in man;
What the flesh can, and what the spirit can. --

Lord, dost Thou care? -- Yea, for thy gain or loss
So much I cared, it brought Me to the Cross. --

Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief. --
Good is the word; but rise, for life is brief.

The follower is not greater than the Chief:
Follow thou Me along My way of grief.





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