"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." CHRIST! I am Christ's! and let the name suffice you, Ay, for me too He greatly hath sufficed: Lo with no winning words I would entice you, Paul has no honour and no friend but Christ. Yes, without cheer of sister or of daughter, Yes, without stay of father or of son, Lone on the land and homeless on the water Pass I in patience till the work be done. Yet not in solitude if Christ anear me Waketh him workers for the great employ, Oh not in solitude, if souls that hear me Catch from my joyaunce the surprise of joy. Hearts I have won of sister or of brother Quick on the earth or hidden in the sod, Lo every heart awaiteth me, another Friend in the blameless family of God. What was their sweet desire and subtle yearning, Lovers, and women whom their song enrols? Faint to the flame which in my breast is burning, Less than the love wherewith I ache for souls. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON FINDING A FAN by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE CRAFTSMAN by MARCUS B. CHRISTIAN THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP by HEINRICH HOFFMANN HABAKKUK'S PRAYER by WILLIAM BROOME THE TRAGEDIE OF MARIAM, FAIRE QUEENE OF JEWRY: CHORAL SONG by ELIZABETH (TANFIELD) CARY QUEEN MAB'S DINNER-TABLE by MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH SONG FOR A PLAY by HILDA CONKLING |