Religion

As the Apple Tree among the trees of the wood

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

As one red rose in a garden where all other roses are white
Blossoms alone in its glory, crowned all alone
In a solitude of own sweetness and fragrance of own delight,
With loveliness not another’s and thorns its own;
As one ruddy sun amid million orbs comely and colourless,
Among all others, above all others is known;
As it were alone in the garden, alone in the heavenly place,
Chief and centre of all, in fellowship yet alone.

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

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “As the Apple Tree among the trees of the wood.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/625/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “As the Apple Tree among the trees of the wood.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/625/.

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