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A FAIR WORLD THOUGH A FALLEN' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: YOU TELL ME THAT THE WORLD IS FAIR, IN SPITE
Last Line: Thy Cross cruciferous
Subject(s): DEATH; LONGING; COMFORT;
Thy Cross cruciferous doth flower in all
And every cross, dear Lord, assigned to us:
Ours lowly-statured crosses; Thine how tall,
Thy Cross cruciferous.

Thy Cross alone life-giving, glorious:
For love of Thine, souls love their own when small,
Easy and light, or great and ponderous.

Since deep calls deep, Lord, hearken when we call;
When cross calls Cross racking and emulous:''"
Remember us with him who shared Thy gall,
Thy Cross cruciferous.



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