The Common Confession

Eugene Osowski 1949 (minneapolis)




Who I am, Lord is a good man and a bad man –
More rank than I can know, or care to know

But better too than I believe

So equal in the elements
Concerning flesh and Thee
That I am both or I am neither.

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Submitted by EugeneOsowski on January 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XX X XXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 211
Words 52
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 1, 3

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