Religion
VIII
From The Blessed Damozel
Religion
Heard hardly, some of her new friends,
Playing at holy games,
Spake, gentle-mouthed, among themselves,
Their virginal chaste names;
And the souls, mounting up to God,
Went by her like thin flames.
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “VIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/99/.
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “VIII.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/99/.
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