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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FRAGMENT, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The dreadful burden of our sins we feel
Last Line: Thou art our father, and thy name is love!
Subject(s): God
First Line: The dreadful burden of our sins we feel
Last Line: Thou art our father, and thy name is love!
Subject(s): God
THE dreadful burden of our sins we feel,
The pain of wounds which Thou alone canst heal,
To whom our weakness is our strong appeal.
From the black depths, the ashes, and the dross
Of our waste lives, we reach out to Thy cross,
And by its fulness measure all our loss!
That holy sign reveals Thee: throned above
No Moloch sits, no false, vindictive Jove --
Thou art our Father, and Thy name is Love!
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