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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE JUDGMENT, by DORA READ GOODALE Poet's Biography First Line: Thou hast done evil Last Line: Till that judge forgive thee. | |||
THOU hast done evil And given place to the devil; Yet so cunningly thou concealest The thing which thou feelest, That no eye espieth it, Satan himself denieth it. Go where it chooseth thee, There is none that accuseth thee; Neither foe nor lover Will the wrong uncover; The world's breath raiseth thee, And thy own past praiseth thee. Yet know thou this: At quick of thy being Is an eye all-seeing, The snake's wit evadeth not, The charmed lip persuadeth not; So thoroughly it despiseth The thing thy hand prizeth, Though the sun were thy clothing, It should count thee for nothing. Thine own eye divineth thee, Thine own soul arraigneth thee; God himself cannot shrive thee Till that judge forgive thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLIGHT OF THE HEART by DORA READ GOODALE THE SOUL OF MAN by DORA READ GOODALE THE TERRIBLE SONNETS: 3 by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS INSTRUCTIONS, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN IN PARIS, FOR THE MOB IN ENGLAND by MARY (CUMBERLAND) ALCOCK FROM POOLS OF DEEPER THOUGHT by MAUDE HARDY ARNOLD PORTRAIT IN THE HORIZONTAL by RUTH FITCH BARTLETT GOD AND HIS MARTYRS by CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: A LESSON IN HUMILITY by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT HAGAR by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON A SILVER WEDDING: B.F.B.-E.G.B., 1855-1880 by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER |
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