The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes |
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WERE NOT THE SINFUL MARY'S TEARS.
Were not the sinful Mary's tears
An offering worthy Heaven,
When, o'er the faults of former years,
She wept—and was forgiven?
An offering worthy Heaven,
When, o'er the faults of former years,
She wept—and was forgiven?
When, bringing every balmy sweet
Her day of luxury stored,
She o'er her Saviour's hallow'd feet
The precious odours pour'd;—
Her day of luxury stored,
She o'er her Saviour's hallow'd feet
The precious odours pour'd;—
And wiped them with that golden hair,
Where once the diamond shone;
Though now those gems of grief were there
Which shine for God alone!
Where once the diamond shone;
Though now those gems of grief were there
Which shine for God alone!
Were not those sweets, so humbly shed—
That hair—those weeping eyes—
And the sunk heart, that inly bled—
Heaven's noblest sacrifice?
That hair—those weeping eyes—
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Heaven's noblest sacrifice?
Thou, that hast slept in error's sleep,
Oh, would'st thou wake in Heaven,
Like Mary kneel, like Mary weep,
“Love much ” and be forgiven!
Oh, would'st thou wake in Heaven,
Like Mary kneel, like Mary weep,
“Love much ” and be forgiven!
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