Religion
Go in peace
From Verses (1893)
Religion
Can peach renew lost bloom,
Or violet lost perfume,
Or sullied snow turn white as overnight?
Man cannot compass it, yet never fear:
The leper Naaman
Shows what God will and can;
God Who worked there is working here;
Wherefore let shame, not gloom, betinge thy brow,
God Who worked then is working now.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Go in peace.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/880/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Go in peace.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/880/.
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