Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET, by THOMAS RUSSELL (1822-)


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First Line: Could I have known before I was created
Last Line: "and at thy risk, will I such burden take."
Subject(s): Religion; Theology


COULD I have known before I was created
A thinking soul, and into being thrust,
How Circumstance and I should stand related,
I had preferr'd to have remain'd in dust.
Therefore, I deem I have not broken trust
With my Creator, -- as without consent,
Or knowledge of the things for which we lust,
I enter'd life without foregone intent:
I made no compact that I might repent:
My sorrow is that I have found me here.
Had the dark veil of time for me been rent,
And all my future set before me clear,
I should have said -- "God, only for thy sake,
And at thy risk, will I such burden take."





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