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AH LORD, LORD, IF MY HEART WERE RIGHT WITH THINE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

Last Line: With us long sought, long loved, to me:and much forgiven
Subject(s): HEAVEN; JESUS CHRIST;

Ah Lord, Lord, if my heart were right with Thine,
As Thine with mine, then should I rest resigned,
Awaiting knowledge with a quiet mind
Because of heavenly wisdom'''s anodyne.
Then would Thy Love be more to me than wine,
Then should I seek being sure at length to find,
Then should I trust to Thee all humankind.
Because Thy Love of them is more than mine.
Then should I stir up hope and comfort me
Remembering Thy Cradle and Thy Cross;
How Heaven to Thee without us had been loss,
How Heaven with us is Thy one only Heaven,
Heaven shared with us thro''' all eternity,
With us long sought, long loved, and much forgiven.

How Heaven with us is Thy one only Heaven,
Heaven shared with us thro' all eternity,
With us long sought, long loved, to me:and much forgiven.



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