Religion
A Little Parable
From An American Anthology, 1787–1900 (1900)
Religion
I made the cross myself whose weight
Was later laid on me.
This thought is torture as I toil
Up life's steep Calvary.
To think mine own hands drove the nails!
I sang a merry song,
And chose the heaviest wood I had
To build it firm and strong.
If I had guessed--if I had dreamed
Its weight was meant for me,
I should have made a lighter cross
To bear up Calvary!
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Aldrich, Anne Reeve. “A Little Parable.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/aldrich_ar/8/.
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Aldrich, Anne Reeve. “A Little Parable.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/aldrich_ar/8/.
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