For Thine own Sake, o my God
Weary of sinning, repentance, and self, the speaker turns to God as the judge of their eternity and asks for mercy. The plea invokes God as their maker, who foresaw their misery and shared their human weakness through love.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Christian Devotional Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 195 words
First lines
Wearied of sinning, wearied of repentance, / Wearied of self, I turn, my God, to Thee; / To Thee, my Judge, on Whose all-righteous sentence / Hangs mine eternity: / I turn to Thee, I plead Thyself with Thee, -- / Be pitiful to me.
Wearied I loathe myself, I loathe my sinning, / My stains, my festering sores, my misery: / Thou the Beginning, Thou ere my beginning / Didst see and didst foresee / Me miserable, me sinful, ruined me, -- / I plead Thyself with Thee.
I plead Thyself with Thee Who art my Maker, / Regard Thy handiwork that cries to Thee; / I plead Thyself with Thee Who wast partaker / Of mine infirmity, / Love made Thee what Thou art, the love of me, -- / I plead Thyself with Thee.
Genres
- Christian Devotional Poetry — The prayer appeals to God for mercy and invokes divine participation in human weakness through love.
- Lyric Poetry — Three rhymed stanzas express the speaker's weariness and self-loathing through a repeated personal plea to God.
Tags
prayer · repentance · divine mercy · divine judgment · self-loathing
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Christian Devotional Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 195 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)
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