Virginal Love
poem Elizabeth Russell poem Elizabeth Russell

Virginal Love

Who is she who can know my sorrow?

What woman, blameless, has lost the love

of a good man?

Truly, if I am without fault,

and he without guilt,

what woman can know my sorrow?

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The Agony of Divine Pain
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

The Agony of Divine Pain

What mortal vessel can contain

the agony of Divine pain?

He hath chosen that I remain

And at His cross I lie here slain

I beg that Savior’s blood shall stain

Upon my body, soaked like rain

And at my side a piercing pain

A stabbing in my pounding veins

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The Pain of the Father
poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell poem, poetry Elizabeth Russell

The Pain of the Father

I weep here.

As I lie,

I gasp.

Who can know the pain of the Father?

Who has known the anguish of the Son?

Do the many branches

know that pain

shall emanate from the tree?

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