Religion
God’s Acre
From Verses (1893)
Religion
Hail, garden of confident hope!
Where sweet seeds are quickening in darkness and cold;
For how sweet and how young will they be
When they pierce thro’ the mould.
Balm, myrtle, and heliotrope
There watch and there wait out of sight for their Sun:
While the Sun, which they see not, doth see
Each and all one by one.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “God’s Acre.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/877/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “God’s Acre.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/877/.
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