Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LENTEN THOUGHT, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: Alone with thee, who canst not be alone Last Line: Till death be dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Lent | ||||||||
ALONE with Thee, who canst not be alone, At midnight, in Thine everlasting day; Lo, less than naught, of nothingness undone, I, prayerless, pray! Behold -- and with Thy bitterness make sweet, What sweetest is in bitterness to hide -- Like Magdalen, I grovel at Thy feet, In lowly pride. Smite, till my wounds beneath Thy scourging cease; Soothe, till my heart in agony hath bled; Nor rest my soul with enmity at peace, Till Death be dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ANNUAL OF THE DARK PHYSICS by NORMAN DUBIE THE THIEF IN THE PAINTING by LARRY LEVIS LENTEN GREETING; TO A LADY by GEORGE SANTAYANA ASHWEDNESDAY by JOSEPH BEAUMONT DELIA AND I by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE HYMN: FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT by REGINALD HEBER ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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