Religion
Bring forth the Spear
From Verses (1893)
Religion
No Cherub’s heart or hand for us might ache,
No Seraph’s heart of fire had half sufficed:
Thine own were pierced and broken for our sake,
O Jesus Christ.
Therefore we love Thee with our faint good-will,
We crave to love Thee not as heretofore.
To love Thee much, to love Thee more, and still
More and yet more.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Some Feasts and Fasts / Good Friday Evening.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Bring forth the Spear.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/676/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Bring forth the Spear.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/676/.
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