Religion

The gold of that land is good

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

I long for joy, O Lord, I long for gold,
I long for all Thou profferest to me,
I long for the unimagined manifold.
Abundance laid up in Thy treasury.
I long for pearls, but not from mundane sea;
I long for palms, but not from earthly mould;
Yet in all else I long for, long for Thee,
Thyself to hear and worship and behold.
For Thee, beyond the splendour of that day
Where all is day and is not any night;
For Thee, beyond refreshment of that rest
To which tired saints press on for its delight:—
Or if not thus for Thee, yet Thee I pray
To make me long so till Thou make me blest.

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

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “The gold of that land is good.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/595/.

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Rossetti, Christina. “The gold of that land is good.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/595/.

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