Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAVE I NOT STRIVEN, MY GOD, AND WATCHED AND PRAYED?, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Confessing me to angels and to men? Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Conduct Of Life | ||||||||
HAVE I not striven, my God, and watched and prayed? Have I not wrestled in mine agony? Wherefore dost Thou still turn Thy Face from me? Is Thine Arm shortened that Thou canst not aid? Thy silence breaks my heart: speak though to upbraid, For Thy rebuke yet bids us follow Thee. I grope and grasp not; gaze, but cannot see. When out of sight and reach, my bed is made, And piteous men and women cease to blame, Whispering and wistful of my gain or loss; Thou who for my sake once didst feel the Cross, Lord, wilt Thou turn and look upon me then, And in Thy glory bring to nought my shame, Confessing me to angels and to men? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD by MATTHEA HARVEY SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN MY LIFE: YET WE INSIST THAT LIFE IS FULL OF HAPPY CHANCE by LYN HEJINIAN CHAPTER HEADING by ERNEST HEMINGWAY PUNK HALF PANTHER by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA A CERTAIN MAN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA GREEN-STRIPED MELONS by JANE HIRSHFIELD LIKE THE SMALL HOLE BY THE PATH-SIDE SOMETHING LIVES IN by JANE HIRSHFIELD IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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