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UNSHRIVEN by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON

First Line: I HAVE PAID WELL FOR EVERY SIN
Last Line: ABOUT MY DYING BED.
Subject(s): DEATH; GHOSTS; SIN; SUPERNATURAL; DEAD, THE;
I HAVE paid well for every sin
And blotted out the score;
So great I made my punishment --
Not God could make it more.

But these no man calls sin -- too small
For penance or regret --
The tardy thought, the careless kiss,
The groping hand unmet.

The sorrow that I left unsoothed,
The word I left unsaid, --
Ah me! I know what ghosts must stand
About my dying bed.



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