Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 18801918. Vol. V. Browning to Rupert Brooke | | Christs Friends | By Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (18611907) |
| BEFORE Thine Altar on my bended knees | |
When I remember those Thy friends that lie | |
Helpless and hopeless, sunk in misery, | |
O Christ, I love Thee, but I love not these. | |
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Without them I may never hope to please | 5 |
That friend of theirs who had no word to say | |
When from his side the rich man turned away. | |
O Christ, Thou lovst not me. Thou lovest these. | | | |
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