Religion

I see His Blood upon the Rose

by Joseph Mary Plunkett 1887–1916

From The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, ed. D. H. S. Nicholson and A. H. E. Lee (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917)

Religion

I see his blood upon the rose
And in the stars the glory of his eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.

I see his face in every flower;
The thunder and the singing of the birds
Are but his voice — and carven by his power
Rocks are his written words.

All pathways by his feet are worn,
His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea,
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn,
His cross is every tree.

MLA

Plunkett, Joseph Mary. “I see His Blood upon the Rose.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/plunkett/1/.

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Plunkett, Joseph Mary. “I see His Blood upon the Rose.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/plunkett/1/.

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