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First Line: She sat and wept beside his feet; the weight
Last Line: Make me a humble thing of love and the tears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Coleridge, Hartley
Subject(s): Faith; Sin; Belief; Creed


She sat and wept beside His feet; the weight
Of sin oppressed her heart; for all the blame,
And the poor malice of the worldly shame,
To her was past, extinct, and out of date,
Only the sin remained, -- the leprous state;
She would be melted by the heart of love,
By fires far fiercer than are blown to prove
And purge the silver ore adulterate.
She sat and wept, and with her untressed hair
Still wiped the feet she was so blessed to touch;
And He wiped off the soiling of despair
From her sweet soul, because she loved so much.
I am a sinner, full of doubts and fears:
Make me a humble thing of love and the tears.






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