Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DARKNESS AND LIGHT ARE BOTH ALIKE TO THEE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: Then I would flee away to rest with thee
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Worship; Heaven


Darkness and light are both alike to Thee:
Therefore to Thee I lift my darkened face;
Upward I look with eyes that fail to see,
Athirst for future light and present grace.
I trust the Hand of Love I scarcely trace.
With breath that fails I cry, Remember me:
Add breath to breath so I may run my race
That where Thou art there may Thy servant be.
For Thou art gulf and fountain of my love,
I unreturning torrent to Thy sea,
Yea Thou the measureless ocean for my rill:
Seeking I find, and finding
seek Thee still:
And oh that I had wings as hath a dove,
Then would I flee away to rest with Thee.





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