Religion

If I should say “my heart is in my home,”

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

If I should say “my heart is in my home,”
I turn away from that high halidom
Where Jesus sits: for nowhere else
But with its treasure dwells
The heart: this Truth and this experience tells.

If I should say “my heart is in a grave,”
I turn away from Jesus risen to save:
I slight that death He died for me;
I, too, deny to see
His beauty and desirability.

O Lord, Whose Heart is deeper than my heart,
Draw mine to Thine to worship where Thou art;
For Thine own glory join the twain
Never to part again,
Nor to have lived nor to have died in vain.

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Verses (1893), section: Christ Our All in All.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “If I should say “my heart is in my home,”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/607/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “If I should say “my heart is in my home,”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/607/.

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