Religion

Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

Is this that Name as ointment poured forth
For which the virgins love Thee; King of kings
And Lord of lords? All Seraphs clad in wings;
All Cherubs and all Wheels which south and north,
Which east and west turn not in going forth;
All many-semblanced ordered Spirits, as rings
Of rainbow in unwonted fashionings,
Might answer, Yes. But we from south and north,
From east and west, a feeble folk who came
By desert ways in quest of land unseen,
A promised land of pasture ever green
And ever springing ever singing wave,
Know best Thy Name of Jesus: Blessed Name,
Man’s life and resurrection from the grave.

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

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/612/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/612/.

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