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WHITSUN EVE (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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First Line: AS MANY AS I LOVE. - AH LORD
Last Line: TO THEE FOR REST AND LOVE.
Subject(s): WHITSUN;

'As many as I love.' -- Ah Lord, Who lovest all,
If thus it is with Thee why sit remote above,
Beholding from afar, stumbling and marred and small,
So many Thou dost love?

Whom sin and sorrow make their worn reluctant thrall;
Who fain would flee away but lack the wings of dove;
Who long for love and rest; who look to Thee, and call
To Thee for rest and love.



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