Religion
Beautiful for situation
From Verses (1893)
A lovely city in a lovely land,
Whose citizens are lovely, and whose King
Is Very Love; to Whom all Angels sing;
To Whom all saints sing crowned, their sacred band
Saluting Love with palm-branch in their hand:
Thither all doves on gold or silver wing
Flock home thro’ agate windows glistering
Set wide, and where pearl gates wide open stand.
A bower of roses is not half so sweet,
A cave of diamonds doth not glitter so,
Nor Lebanon is fruitful set thereby:
And thither thou, beloved, and thither I
May set our heart and set our face and go,
Faint yet pursuing, home on tireless feet.
Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: New Jerusalem and Its Citizens.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Beautiful for situation.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/795/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Beautiful for situation.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/795/.
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