Religion
Up, my drowsing eyes!
From Verses (1893)
Religion
Up, my drowsing eyes!
Up, my sinking heart!
Up to Jesus Christ arise!
Claim your part
In all raptures of the skies.
Yet a little while,
Yet a little way,
Saints shall reap and rest and smile
All the day.
Up! let’s trudge another mile.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Some Feasts and Fasts / Vigil Of All Saints.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Up, my drowsing eyes!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/709/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Up, my drowsing eyes!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/709/.
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