Religion

My God, Thyself being Love Thy heart is love

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

My God, Thyself being Love Thy heart is love,
And love Thy Will and love Thy Word to us,
Whether Thou show us depths calamitous
Or heights and flights of rapturous peace above.
O Christ the Lamb, O Holy Ghost the Dove,
Reveal the Almighty Father unto us;
That we may tread Thy courts felicitous,
Loving Who loves us, for our God is Love.
Lo, if our God be Love thro’ heaven’s long day,
Love is He thro’ our mortal pilgrimage,
Love was He thro’ all aeons that are told.
We change, but Thou remainest; for Thine age
Is, Was, and Is to come, nor new nor old;
We change, but Thou remainest; yea and yea!

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Verses (1893), section: Some Feasts and Fasts / Trinity Sunday.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “My God, Thyself being Love Thy heart is love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/690/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “My God, Thyself being Love Thy heart is love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/690/.

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