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CHARITY, IN DESPAIR OF JUSTICE - ZaunköniG - 27.05.2007 CHARITY, IN DESPAIR OF JUSTICE OUT-WEARIED with the littleness and spite, The falsehood and the treachery of men, I cried, give me but justice, thinking then I meekly craved a common boon which might Most easily be granted; soon the light Of deeper truth grew on my wondering ken, (Escaped baneful damps of stagnant fen,) And then I saw, that in my pride bedight I claim’d from erring man the gift of Heaven - God's own great vested right; and I grew calm, With folded hands like stone to patience given, And pityings of pure love-distilling balm; - And now I wait in quiet trust to be All known to God, —and ask of men, sweet Charity. |