Religion

He shall go no more out

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

Once within, within for evermore:
There the long beatitudes begin:
Overflows the still unwasting store,
Once within.

Left without are death and doubt and sin;
All man wrestled with and all he bore,
Man who saved his life, skin after skin.

Blow the trumpet-blast unheard before,
Shout the unheard-of shout for these who win,
These, who cast their crowns on Heaven’s high floor
Once within.

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

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “He shall go no more out.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/805/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “He shall go no more out.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/805/.

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