Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAGDALEN (AFTER SWINBURNE), by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: She hath done what she could' Last Line: "she hath done what she could." Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Mary Magdalen; Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909); Women - Bible; Mary Magdalene | ||||||||
"SHE hath done what she could." It was thus that He spake of her, Trembling and pale as the penitent stood. "And this she hath done shall be told for the sake of her, Told as embalmed in the gift that I take of her, Take, as an earnest of all that she would Who hath done what she could. "She hath done what the could: Lo, the flame that hath driven her Downward, is quenched! and her grief like a flood In the strength of a rain-swollen torrent hath shriven her: Much hath she loved and much is forgiven her; Love in the longing fulfils what it would -- She hath done what she could." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MARY MAGDALENE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) AN ANNUAL OF THE DARK PHYSICS by NORMAN DUBIE MAGDALEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MAUDLIN; OR, THE MAGDALEN€™S TEARS by LINDA GREGERSON MARY MAGDALENE by GEORGE HERBERT LENT by WILLIAM ROBERT RODGERS SONNETS ON PICTURES: MARY MAGDALEN AT THE DOOR OF SIMON THE PHARISEE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI MARY MAGDALEN by BARTOLOME LEONARDO DE ARGENSOLA MAGDALEN by GEORGE KENYON ASHENDON ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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