Religion

Cried out with tears

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

Lord, I believe, help Thou mine unbelief:
Lord, I repent, help mine impenitence:
Hide not Thy Face from me, nor spurn me hence,
Nor utterly despise me in my grief;
Nor say me nay, who worship with the thief
Bemoaning my so long lost innocence:—
Ah me! my penitence a fresh offence,
Too tardy and too tepid and too brief.
Lord, must I perish, I who look to Thee?
Look Thou upon me, bid me live, not die;
Say “Come,” say not “Depart,” tho’ Thou art just:
Yea, Lord, be mindful how out of the dust
I look to Thee while Thou dost look on me,
Thou Face to face with me and Eye to eye.

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Verses (1893), section: Out of the Deep Have I Called unto Thee, O Lord.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “Cried out with tears.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/591/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “Cried out with tears.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/591/.

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