The Look
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Look
The Saviour looked on Peter. Ay, no word,
Andhttps://read•99csw.com filled the silenc, weeping bitterly.
As knowing straight THAT GOD; and turned free
Their thu九_九_藏_書nders that way: the forsaken Lord
Or pale-cheeked martyrs smiling to a sword,
What that look was, none guess; fo九*九*藏*書r those who have seen
I never knew this man --did quail and fall
And Peter, from the height of blasphemy--
Looked only,九-九-藏-書 on the traitor. None record
No gesture of reproach; the Heavens serene
Wronged lovers loving through a death-pang keen,
Th
九_九_藏_書ough heavy with armed justice, did not leanHave missed Jehovah at the judgment-call.
And went out speechless from the face of all