Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell/The Penitent

by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë

 

THE PENITENT.

I mourn with thee, and yet rejoice
That thou shouldst sorrow so;
With anger choirs I join my voice
To bless the sinner's woe.

Though friends and kindred turn away,
And laugh thy grief to scorn;
I hear the great Redeemer say,
"Blessed are ye that mourn."

Hold on thy course, nor deem it strange
That earthly cords are riven:
Man may lament the wondrous change,
But "there is joy in heaven!"

Acton.