Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, YEA, IF THOU WILT, THOU CANST PUT UP THY SWORD, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: Yea, if thou wilt
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Power


Yea, if Thou wilt. Thou canst put up Thy sword;
But what if Thou shouldst sheathe it to the hilt
Within the heart that sues to Thee, O Lord?
Yea, if Thou wilt.

For if Thou wilt Thou canst purge
Of all, of any, even the most abhorred:
Thou canst pluck down, rebuild, build up the unbuilt.

Who wanders canst Thou gather by love's cord?
Who sinks, uplift from the under-sucking silt
To set him on Thy rock within Thy ward?
Yea, if Thou wilt.





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