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ADVENT (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: COME,' THOU DOST SAY TO ANGELS
Last Line: AND WE WILL ANSWER, 'COME.'
Subject(s): ADVENT;
'Come,' Thou dost say to Angels,
To blessed Spirits, 'Come':
'Come,' to the lambs of Thine own flock,
Thy little ones, 'Come home.'

'Come,' from the many-mansioned house
The gracious word is sent;
'Come,' from the ivory palaces
Unto the Penitent.

O Lord, restore us deaf and blind,
Unclose our lips though dumb:
Then say to us, 'I will come with speed,'
And we will answer, 'Come.'


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