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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ABSOLUTION, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O father, list a sinner's call!
Last Line: "absolvo te."
Subject(s): Absolution
First Line: O father, list a sinner's call!
Last Line: "absolvo te."
Subject(s): Absolution
O FATHER, list a sinner's call!
Fain would I hide from man my fall --
But I must speak, or faint --
I cannot wear guilt's silent thrall:
Cleanse me, kind Saint!
"Sinner ne'er blunted yet sin's goad;
Speed thee, my son, a safer road,
And sue His pardoning smile
Who walk'd woe's depths, bearing man's load
Of guilt the while."
Yet raise a mitigating hand,
And minister some potion bland,
Some present fever-stay!
Lest one for whom His work was plann'd
Die from dismay.
"Look not to me -- no grace is mine;
But I can lift the Mercy-sign.
This wouldst thou? Let it be!
Kneel down, and take the word divine,
ABSOLVO TE."
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