Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, O LORD, WHEN THOU DIDST CALL ME, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: Yea, I knew
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Judgment Day


O Lord, when Thou didst call me, didst Thou know
My heart disheartened thro' and thro',
Still hankering after Egypt full in view
Where cucumbers and melons grow?
''" Yea, I knew. ''"

But, Lord, when Thou didst choose me, didst Thou know
How marred I was and withered too,
Nor rose for sweetness nor for virtue rue.
Timid and rash, hasty and slow?
''" Yea, I knew. ''"

My Lord, when Thou didst love me, didst Thou know
How weak my efforts were, how few,
Tepid to love and impotent to do.
Envious to reap while slack to sow?
''" Yea, I knew. ''"

Good Lord, Who knowest what I cannot know.
And dare not know, my false, my true.
My new, my old ; Good Lord, arise and do
If loving Thou hast known me so.
''" Yea, I knew. ''"





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