Religion

Before the throne, and before the Lamb

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

As the voice of many waters all saints sing as one,
As the voice of an unclouded thundering;
Unswayed by the changing moon and unswayed by the sun,
As the voice of many waters all saints sing.

Circling round the rainbow of their perfect ring,
Twelve thousand times twelve thousand voices in unison
Swell the triumph, swell the praise of Christ the King.

Where raiment is white of blood-steeped linen slowly spun,
Where crowns are golden of Love’s own largessing,
Where eternally the ecstasy is but begun,
As the voice of many waters all saints sing.

✦ ✦ ✦

Verses (1893), section: New Jerusalem and Its Citizens.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “Before the throne, and before the Lamb.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/804/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “Before the throne, and before the Lamb.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/804/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Christina Rossetti