Religion
Exspecto Resurrectionem
From The Farmer's Bride (1921 edition)
Oh! King who hast the key
Of that dark room,
The last which prisons us but held not Thee,
Thou know’st its gloom.
Dost Thou a little love this one
Shut in to-night,
Young and so piteously alone,
Cold--out of sight?
Thou know’st how hard and bare
The pillow of that new-made narrow bed,
Then leave not there
So dear a head!
Codex Note
A short prayer to the King who holds the key of the dark room, asking Him not to leave 'so dear a head' on the hard pillow of a narrow new-made bed. The title is from the Creed: 'I look for the resurrection'.
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MLA
Mew, Charlotte. “Exspecto Resurrectionem.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/mew/13/.
Chicago
Mew, Charlotte. “Exspecto Resurrectionem.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/mew/13/.
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