Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUT OF THE DEEP', by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Have mercy, thou my god-mercy my god
Last Line: Lord, I repent; help thou my helpless loss
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Weariness; Mercy; God


Have mercy, Thou my God; mercy, my God;
For I can hardly bear life day by day:
Be I here or there I fret myself away:
Lo for Thy staff I have but felt Thy rod
Along this tedious desert path long trod.
When will Thy judgement judge me, Yea or Nay?
I pray for grace; but then my sins unpray
My prayer: on holy ground I fool stand shod.
While still Thou haunts't me, faint upon the cross,
A sorrow beyond sorrow in Thy look,
Unutterable craving for my soul.
All faithful Thou, Lord: I, not Thou, forsook
Myself; I traitor slunk back from the goal:
Lord, I repent; help Thou my helpless loss.





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