Trees by their yield
Are known; but I --
My sap is sealed,
My root is dry.
If life within
I none can shew
(Except for sin),
Nor fruit above, --
It must be so --
I do not love.
Will no one show
I argued ill?
Because, although
Self-sentenced, still
I keep my trust.
If He would prove
And search me through
Would He not find and
(What yet there must
Be hid behind
BAH!
ReplyDeleteI love Hopkins.
Yes, he really is quite amazing. He has a way of expressing emotion that I WISH I had the ability to do.
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