Dost Thou not Care?
A speaker asks the Lord about divided love, lost cheerfulness, present pain, and whether tomorrow will bring relief. The Lord replies with love and acceptance, urges stillness and strength, and asks the speaker to entrust tomorrow to Him, recalling His death and continuing life for the speaker.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Christian Devotional Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 275 words
First lines
I love and love not: Lord, it breaks my heart / To love and not to love. / Thou veiled within Thy glory, gone apart / Into Thy shrine, which is above, / Dost Thou not love me, Lord, or care / For this mine ill? -- / _I love thee here or there,_ / _I will accept thy broken heart, lie still._
Lord, it was well with me in time gone by / That cometh not again, / When I was fresh and cheerful, who but I? / I fresh, I cheerful: worn with pain / Now, out of sight and out of heart; / O Lord, how long? -- / _I watch thee as thou art,_ / _I will accept thy fainting heart, be strong._
Genres
- Christian Devotional Poetry — The speaker addresses the Lord in prayer, and His replies affirm love and recall His death and continuing life for the speaker.
- Lyric Poetry — Three rhymed stanzas voice the speaker’s divided love, remembered cheerfulness, present pain, and anxiety about tomorrow.
Tags
prayer · religious doubt · suffering · divine love · trust
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Christian Devotional Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 275 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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