Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Lord, if I love thee and thou lovest me
Last Line: And thou therein shalt waken satisfied.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


'LORD, if I love Thee and Thou lovest me,
Why need I any more these toilsome days?
Why should I not run singing up Thy ways
Straight into heaven, to rest myself with Thee?
What need remains of death-pang yet to be,
If all my soul is quickened in Thy praise?
If all my heart loves Thee, what need the amaze,
Struggle and dimness of an agony?' --
'Bride whom I love, if thou too lovest Me,
Thou needs must choose My Likeness for thy dower:
So wilt thou toil in patience, and abide
Hungering and thirsting for that blessed hour
When I My Likeness shall behold in thee,
And thou therein shalt waken satisfied.'





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