This poem was first published in Cor Cordium (1913), and was also included in Selected Poems (1925). blank Dear love, forgive,    In mercy hear me, Let me but live    A little near thee; Here, lowly stoop,    And own my sinning, And dimly hope    A new beginning. O love, the wrong    My anger wrought thee, Stilled all my song.    I have not sought thee With heart uplift    And proudly swelling, For some rich gift    From thy high dwelling. Here as I come    Low, humble-pleading, My heart is dumb    And dead with bleeding; Pale, withered forms    Fly on before me, A hundred storms    Have broken o'er me. Dear love, forgive,    In pity hear me; Ah! let me live    For ever near thee; Full sad and strange    Were all about me, If I should range    This world without thee. Poems index Alphabetical list of poems online