Religion

I will come and heal him

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

O Lord God, hear the silence of each soul,
Its cry unutterable of ruth and shame,
Its voicelessness of self-contempt and blame:
Nor suffer harp and palm and aureole
Of multitudes who praise Thee at the goal,
To set aside Thy poor and blind and lame;
Nor blazing Seraphs utterly to outflame
The spark that flies up from each earthly coal.
My price Thy priceless Blood; and therefore I
Price of Thy priceless Blood am precious so
That good things love me in their love of Thee:
I comprehend not why Thou lovedst me
With Thy so mighty Love; but this I know,
No man hath greater love than thus to die.

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Verses (1893), section: Out of the Deep Have I Called unto Thee, O Lord.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “I will come and heal him.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/593/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “I will come and heal him.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/593/.

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