"Good Friday" by Christina Rossetti
Am I a stone and not a sheep
That I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy Cross,
To number drop by drop Thy Blood's slow loss,
And yet not weep?
Not so those women loved
Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee;
Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly;
Not so the thief was moved;
Not so the Sun and Moon
Which hid their faces in a starless sky,
A horror of great darkness at broad noon,--
I, only I.
Yet give not o'er,
But seek Thy sheep, true Shepherd of the flock;
Greater than Moses, turn and look once more
And smite a rock.
notes from the underground: my attempt to keep the things I read in my brain
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Greater than Moses, turn and look once more and smite a rock.
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Whoa, the last part nearly gave me the chickenskin! Very cool.
Sure wish blogger would work for me! There's not even a place you can make complaints to. :( It saddens me.
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