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THE PENITENT by ANNE BRONTE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I MOURN WITH THEE, AND YET REJOICE
Last Line: "BUT ""THERE IS JOY IN HEAVEN!"
Subject(s): SIN;
I MOURN with thee, and yet rejoice
That thou shouldst sorrow so;
With angel choirs I join my voice
To bless the sinner's woe.

Though friends and kindred turn away,
And laugh thy grief to scorn;
I hear the great Redeemer say,
"Blessed are ye that mourn."

Hold on thy course, nor deem it strange
That earthly cords are riven:
Man may lament the wondrous change,
But "there is joy in heaven!"



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