Religion
Weigh all my faults and follies righteously
From Verses (1893)
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.
Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Out of the Deep Have I Called unto Thee, O Lord.
Cite this poem
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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