Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RESURRECTION, by HARRIET SEYMOUR


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RESURRECTION, by                    
First Line: A trivial offense, long years ago
Last Line: Restore to life my sense of sin today!
Subject(s): Death; Prayer; Sin; Soul; Dead, The


A trivial offense, long years ago,
Laid wide my soul to sharp and sudden woe;
But now this awful sin awakes no qualm,
Arouses no remorse and seeks no balm.
Oh I am surely dead! No goad or stab
I give my soul can ever lift the slab
That weights me down. There is no soothing pain
Within this grave where so long I have lain.
I drifted on from petty things to great;
Have mercy, Lord!—if it be not too late
To beg a perfect miracle. I pray,
Restore to life my sense of sin today!





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