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LAST PRAYER by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: BEFORE THE BEGINNING THOU HAST FOREKNOWN THE END
Last Line: O LORD ALL-MERCIFUL, BE MERCIFUL TO ME.
Subject(s): PRAYER;
BEFORE the beginning Thou hast foreknown the end,
Before the birthday the death-bed was seen of Thee:
Cleanse what I cannot cleanse, mend what I cannot mend,
O Lord All-Merciful, be merciful to me.

While the end is drawing near I know not mine end;
Birth I recall not, my death I cannot foresee:
O God, arise to defend, arise to befriend,
O Lord All-Merciful, be merciful to me.



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