Religion
He bore an agony whereof the name
From Verses (1893)
Religion
He bore an agony whereof the name
Hath turned his fellows pale:
But what if God should call us to the same,
Should call, and we should fail?
Nor earth nor sea could swallow up our shame,
Nor darkness draw a veil:
For he endured that agony whose name
Hath made his fellows quail.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Some Feasts and Fasts / St. Bartholomew.
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Rossetti, Christina. “He bore an agony whereof the name.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/707/.
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Rossetti, Christina. “He bore an agony whereof the name.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/707/.
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