"SHE hath done what she could." It was thus that He spake of her, Trembling and pale as the penitent stood. "And this she hath done shall be told for the sake of her, Told as embalmed in the gift that I take of her, Take, as an earnest of all that she would Who hath done what she could. "She hath done what the could: Lo, the flame that hath driven her Downward, is quenched! and her grief like a flood In the strength of a rain-swollen torrent hath shriven her: Much hath she loved and much is forgiven her; Love in the longing fulfils what it would -- She hath done what she could." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SNOW-SHOWER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A PRAISE OF HIS LOVE by HENRY HOWARD SONNET FOR A PICTURE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 33. AL-HALIM by EDWIN ARNOLD THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 4: LORD STANHOPE'S STEAMER by T. BAKER |