Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN OFFERING, by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY


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AN OFFERING, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Suffer me, o my lord, my god, to bring
Last Line: And heard as thou would'st have it sung for thee.
Subject(s): Forgiveness; God; Pain; Praise; Clemency; Suffering; Misery


SUFFER me, O my Lord, my God, to bring
And lay before Thy feet some offering!

This poor hard heart forbids my tears to flow:
I cannot wash Thy feet, my Master, so.

And precious nard I cannot pour upon
Those lovely feet, whose toil my ransom won.

What shall I give Thee, then? For shame and wrong
Freely forgiven, I offer—just a song.

I offer just a song to Thee, whose gift
Of love has known nor measuring nor thrift.

To Thee, O Giver of all precious worth,
A song that rises dulled through mists of earth!

Yet in Thy love be it accepted free,
And heard as Thou would'st have it sung for Thee.





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