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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEBTS, by ADA NEILL CLARK
First Line: I'll never be able to pay
Last Line: Who died on the tree.
Subject(s): Debt; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice
First Line: I'll never be able to pay
Last Line: Who died on the tree.
Subject(s): Debt; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice
"I'll never be able to pay
What I owe,"
Somebody said to me.
I've wondered since
If he meant -- to man --
Or to Christ,
Who died on the tree.
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