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WHEN I WAS IN TROUBLE I CALLED UPON THE LORD by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: A BURDENED HEART THAT BLEEDS AND BEARS
Last Line: ITSELF THY GIFT.
A BURDENED heart that bleeds and bears
And hopes and waits in pain,
And faints beneath its fears and cares,
Yet hopes again:

Wilt Thou accept the heart I bring,
O gracious Lord and kind,
To ease it of a torturing sting,
And staunch and bind?

Alas, if Thou wilt none of this,
None else have I to give:
Look Thou upon it as it is,
Accept, relieve.

Or if Thou wilt not yet relieve,
Be not extreme to sift;
Accept a faltering will to give,
Itself Thy gift.



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