Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CRIED OUT WITH TEARS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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First Line: Lord, I believe, help thou mine unbelief
Last Line: Thou face to face with me and eye to eye.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


Lord, I believe, help Thou mine unbelief:
Lord, I repent, help mine impenitence:
Hide not Thy Face from me, nor spurn me hence,
Nor utterly despise me in my grief;
Nor say me nay, who worship with the thief
Bemoaning my so long lost innocence: --
Ah me! my penitence a fresh offence,
Too tardy and too tepid and too brief.
Lord, must I perish, I who look to Thee?
Look Thou upon me, bid me live, not die;
Say "Come," say not "Depart," tho' Thou art just:
Yea, Lord, be mindful how out of the dust
I look to Thee while Thou dost look on me,
Thou Face to face with me and Eye to eye.





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