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Lord, what have I that I may offer Thee?
From Verses (1893)
Lord, what have I that I may offer Thee?
Look, Lord, I pray Thee, and see.—
What is it thou hast got?
Nay, child, what is it thou hast not?
Thou hast all gifts that I have given to thee:
Offer them all to Me,
The great ones and the small,
I will accept them one and all.—
I have a will, good Lord, but it is marred;
A heart both crushed and hard;
Not such as these the gift
Clean-handed lovely saints uplift.—
Nay, child, but wilt thou judge for Me?
I crave not thine, but thee.—
Ah, Lord, Who lovest me!
Such as I have now give I Thee.
Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Christ Our All in All.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Lord, what have I that I may offer Thee?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/606/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Lord, what have I that I may offer Thee?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/606/.
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