Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOLLOW THOU ME, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, carry me - nay, but I grant thee strength Last Line: Follow thou me along my way of grief. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Jesus Christ | ||||||||
LORD, carry me. -- Nay, but I grant thee strength To walk and work thy way to Heaven at length. -- Lord, why then am I weak? -- Because I give Power to the weak, and bid the dying live. --- Lord, I am tired. -- He hath not much desired The goal who at the starting-point is tired. -- Lord, dost Thou know? -- I know what is in man; What the flesh can, and what the spirit can. -- Lord, dost Thou care? -- Yea, for thy gain or loss So much I cared, it brought Me to the Cross. -- Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief. -- Good is the word; but rise, for life is brief. The follower is not greater than the Chief: Follow thou Me along My way of grief. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MEDITATION ON SAVIORS by ROBINSON JEFFERS COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK TO A WREN ON CALVARY by LARRY LEVIS THE TRANSFIGURATION by EDWIN MUIR SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL 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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