Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CALVARY, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS



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First Line: If he could doubt on his triumphant cross
Last Line: My god, my god! Why hast thou forsaken me?
Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D.
Subject(s): Calvary; Jesus Christ - Suffering & Sacrifice


If He could doubt on His triumphant cross,
How much more I, in the defeat and loss
Of seeing all my selfish dreams fulfilled,
Of having lived the very life I willed,
Of being all that I desired to be?
My God, my God! Why hast thou forsaken me?





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