Friday, January 3, 2003

Beneath Thy Cross Comments

Rating: 3.3

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?
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Christina Georgina Rossetti
COMMENTS
Kofi Owusu 03 December 2013

Great poem, could not have said it better.

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Cynthia Buhain-baello 07 July 2009

Her opening lines are so profound with emotion, as the lament flows through the rest of the poem, with the last stanza resolute in hope, totally redeeming the sorrow 'beneath the Cross.' A masterpiece!

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