Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY SPIRIT WILL GROW UP, by RUTH EVELYN HENDERSON


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MY SPIRIT WILL GROW UP, by                    
First Line: Some day my spirit will grow up tall and wise
Last Line: "hurt me your worst, and I will love you still!"
Subject(s): Faith; Belief; Creed


Some day my spirit will grow up tall and wise,
And then, stern Life, I shall no longer go
Cowardly running and crying from your blow.
Then I will face you with clear, earnest eyes
Smiling a little at your sharp surprise,
Unflinching from the threatened stroke, with no
Soft tremor to lighten your frown—when I shall grow
In spirit, some day, tall and strong and wise.
Then I will face you, it may be I shall laugh,
Not to disarm you, not to conclude our strife,
But joyous in my newly steadied will
That finds a comfort in thy rod and staff.
Then I will say: "You may hurt me, hurt me, Life,
Hurt me your worst, and I will love you still!"





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