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Sur Posted 23 years ago
Send my roots rain again...............
Hello Everyone,
Some time back i came accross a poem, thought I can share with you all.
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by Gerard Manley Hopkins, a Jesuit Priest-Poet in his poem,
"Thou art indeed just Lord, if I contend with Thee".
Thou art indeed just Lord if I contend with Thee.
But why do sinners' ways prosper
while all my endeavour end in failure and frustration.
Haven't I spent the whole of my life in your service?
Then why is this frustration to me?
If you are my enemy,
I can understand why you make my life so difficult.
But you are my friend and to understand
a friend making life difficult is beyond myself.
While even the plants around me are
full of leaves and flowers and fruits,
I bear nothing.
The birds build their nests but I don’t build anything.
I have become time's eunuch.
But for all that,
I will not
give up my faith in you.
My only prayer to you is
to send my roots rain again.
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any comments ? there will be many, but what i need is : your feelings more then 'critical' comments, especially on the title.
With love
Sur
Some time back i came accross a poem, thought I can share with you all.
***
by Gerard Manley Hopkins, a Jesuit Priest-Poet in his poem,
"Thou art indeed just Lord, if I contend with Thee".
Thou art indeed just Lord if I contend with Thee.
But why do sinners' ways prosper
while all my endeavour end in failure and frustration.
Haven't I spent the whole of my life in your service?
Then why is this frustration to me?
If you are my enemy,
I can understand why you make my life so difficult.
But you are my friend and to understand
a friend making life difficult is beyond myself.
While even the plants around me are
full of leaves and flowers and fruits,
I bear nothing.
The birds build their nests but I don’t build anything.
I have become time's eunuch.
But for all that,
I will not
give up my faith in you.
My only prayer to you is
to send my roots rain again.
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any comments ? there will be many, but what i need is : your feelings more then 'critical' comments, especially on the title.
With love
Sur
Top answer
Thou art indeed just Lord if I contend with Thee. But why do sinners' ways prosper while all my endeavour end in failure and frustration. Haven't I spent the whole of my life in your service?
- Thou art indeed just Lord if I contend with Thee.
- But why do sinners' ways prosper while all my endeavour end in failure and frustration.
- Haven't I spent the whole of my life in your service?
- Then why is this frustration to me?
- If you are my enemy, I can understand why you make my life so difficult.
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Thou art indeed just Lord if I contend with Thee.
But why do sinners' ways prosper
while all my endeavour end in failure and frustration.
Haven't I spent the whole of my life in your service?
Then why is this frustration to me?
If you are my enemy,
I can understand why you make my life so difficult.
But you are my friend and to understand
a fri
But why do sinners' ways prosper
while all my endeavour end in failure and frustration.
Haven't I spent the whole of my life in your service?
Then why is this frustration to me?
If you are my enemy,
I can understand why you make my life so difficult.
But you are my friend and to understand
a fri
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Sur, I love this poem. I think I even prefer the last two verses. How could this poem slip my mind?
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