Religion

Weigh all my faults and follies righteously

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

Weigh all my faults and follies righteously,
Omissions and commissions, sin on sin;
Make deep the scale, O Lord, to weigh them in;
Yea, set the Accuser vulture-eyed to see
All loads ingathered which belong to me:
That so in life the judgement may begin,
And Angels learn how hard it is to win
One solitary sinful soul to Thee.
I have no merits for a counterpoise:
Oh vanity my work and hastening day,
What can I answer to the accusing voice?
Lord, drop Thou in the counterscale alone
One Drop from Thine own Heart, and overweigh
My guilt, my folly, even my heart of stone.

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

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “Weigh all my faults and follies righteously.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/596/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “Weigh all my faults and follies righteously.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/596/.

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