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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REFUSAL, by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY Poet's Biography First Line: Here is my heart; it's clean Last Line: "and return it to me again." Subject(s): Charity; Philanthropy | |||
"Here is my heart; it's clean. I give it, Lord, to Thee." And then I saw God plainly Turn aside from me. "I do not want your heart, Closed tightly to other men. Open it up, my child, And return it to me again." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW THE GREAT GUEST CAME by EDWIN MARKHAM CHARITY OVERCOMING ENVY by MARIANNE MOORE PASSING IT ON by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE IDEA OF SOUP by NORMAN DUBIE THE [EXCELLENT] BALLADE OF CHARITIE by THOMAS CHATTERTON SONG OF THREE SMILES by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN RECUERDO by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY KARMA by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON DISCOVERY (2) by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY ELEGY FOR A LITTLE GIRL BURNED BENEATH OAK TREES by RAYMOND JOSEPH KRESENSKY |
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