Religion
There remaineth therefore a Rest to the people of God
From Verses (1893)
Religion
Rest remains when all is done,
Work and vigil, prayer and fast,
All fulfilled from first to last,
All the length of time gone past
And eternity begun!
Fear and hope and chastening rod
Urge us on the narrow way:
Bear we now as best we may
Heat and burden of to-day,
Struggling, panting up to God.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Divers Worlds. Time and Eternity.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “There remaineth therefore a Rest to the people of God.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/782/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “There remaineth therefore a Rest to the people of God.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/782/.
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