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CONSCIENCE by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON

First Line: A KNOCKING AT MY HEART - AND WHAT ART THOU?
Last Line: "I AM YOUR ANGEL OF FORGIVENESS NOW."
Subject(s): ANGELS; CONSCIENCE; LAZARUS;

A KNOCKING at my heart -- and what art thou?
"I was the unforgiven; from your door
You spurned me once and bade me come no more.
@3I am the ever present suppliant now."@1

A famine at my heart -- and what art thou?
"I was that Lazarus, of men the least,
Whom once you sent anhungered from your feast.
@3I am the ever present hunger now."@1

An aching at my heart -- and what art thou?
"I was that love you chose once to deride,
Who, wounded at your threshold, fell and died.
@3I am the ever present longing now."@1

A sweetness at my heart -- and what art thou?
"I was the kindly deed you quite forgot,
The joy bestowed that you remember not.
@3I am your Angel of Forgiveness now."@1



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