Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907). Christ's Friends. T. H. Ward, ed. 1880-1918. The English Poets

Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.
Vol. V. Browning to Rupert Brooke

Christ’s Friends

By Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907)


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.

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 lov’st not me. Thou lovest these.