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THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: THY LOVELY SAINTS DO BRING THEE LOVE
Last Line: A DROP FROM THINE ABYSS.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
THY lovely saints do bring Thee love,
Incense and joy and gold;
Fair star with star, fair dove with dove,
Beloved by Thee of old.
I, Master, neither star nor dove,
Have brought Thee sins and tears;
Yet I too bring a little love
Amid my flaws and fears.
A trembling love that faints and fails
Yet still is love of Thee,
A wondering love that hopes and hails
Thy boundless Love of me;
Love kindling faith and pure desire,
Love following on to bliss,
A spark, O Jesu, from Thy fire,
A drop from Thine abyss.



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