Religion
The Chiefest among ten thousand
From Verses (1893)
Religion
O Jesu, better than Thy gifts
Art Thou Thine only Self to us!
Palm branch its triumph, harp uplifts
Its triumph-note melodious:
But what are such to such as we?
O Jesu, better than Thy saints
Art Thou Thine only Self to us!
The heart faints and the spirit faints
For only Thee all-Glorious,
For Thee, O only Lord, for Thee.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Christ Our All in All.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “The Chiefest among ten thousand.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/644/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “The Chiefest among ten thousand.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/644/.
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