Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IF THOU SAYEST, BEHOLD, WE KNEW IT NOT', by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

IF THOU SAYEST, BEHOLD, WE KNEW IT NOT', by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have done I know not what
Last Line: In judgment pity, and in death, and now
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): God


I have done I know not what, ''" what have I done?
My brother's blood, my brother's soul, doth cry:
And I find no defence, find no reply,
No courage more to run this race I run
Not knowing what I have done, have left undone;
Ah me, these awful unknown hours that fly
Fruitless it may be, fleeting fruitless by
Rank with death-savour underneath the sun.
For what avails it that I did not know
The deed I did? what profits me the plea
That had I known I had not wronged him so?
Lord Jesus Christ, my God, him pity Thou;
Lord, if it may be, pity also me:
In judgment pity, and in death, and now.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net