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NOT YOURS BUT YOU' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE DIED FOR ME: WHAT CAN I OFFER HIM?
Last Line: As Thou hast loved me even to bitter death
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST – SUFFERING & SACRIFICE;
'' He died for me: what can I offer Him?
Toward Him swells incense of perpetual prayer:
His court wear crowns and aureoles round their hair:
His ministers are subtle Cherubim;
Ring within ring, white intense Seraphim
Leap like immortal lightnings through the air.
What shall I offer Him? defiled and bare,
My spirit broken and my brightness dim.'' ''"
'' Give Me thy youth.'' ''"'' I yield it to Thy rod,
As Thou didst give Thy prime of youth for me.'' ''"
'' Give Me thy life.'' ''"'' I give it breath by breath;
As Thou didst give Thy life so give I Thee.'' ''"
'' Give Me thy love.'' ''"'' So be it, my God, my God,
As Thou hast loved me even to bitter death.''



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