Poems (Argent)/Forgive Me
FORGIVE ME.
"Teach us to love and to forgive."
IF I have grieved you, dear, to-day,If I have vexed you any way,Oh! if you hope for highest.heavenForgive as you would be forgiven.
If I have caused a tear to startFrom the sealed fountains of the heart,And thoughtlessly by word or deedPassed by your spirit's inmost need:
If I have wounded you full soreI crave your pardon o'er and o'er,For careless speech and random jestThat placed the arrow in your breast.
And yet you know for old love's sakeThe human heart long time will ache,Much to forbear in thought and mindIn every friendship we shall find.
Each morning with its wealth of light,Each evening with its starry night,The passing clouds have swept to clearThe mists from off the atmosphere.
And thus the skies of human loveAre sometimes dark as those above,But yet we know, beyond, the lightIs shining somewhere out of sight.
And so you must through every illBelieve that I do love you still,And as you pray for God and heavenForgive, as you would be forgiven!