Religion
Good Lord, to-day
From Verses (1893)
Religion
Good Lord, to-day
I scarce find breath to say:
Scourge, but receive me.
For stripes are hard to bear, but worse
Thy intolerable curse;
So do not leave me.
Good Lord, lean down
In pity, tho’ Thou frown;
Smite, but retrieve me:
For so Thou hold me up to stand
And kiss Thy smiting hand,
It less will grieve me.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Some Feasts and Fasts / Ash Wednesday.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Good Lord, to-day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/663/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Good Lord, to-day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/663/.
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