Verses

About this eBook

Author

Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894

Original Publication

New York: E. & J. B. Young & Co., 1894.

Credits

George A. Rawlyk Library, Crandall University, produced from scans generously made available by the Internet Archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English poetry -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77809

Release Date

January 29, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.VERSES By Christina G. Rossetti
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.“OUT OF THE DEEP HAVE I CALLED UNTO THEE, O LORD.” — “Where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt.” — “As the sparks fly upwards.” — “Cried out with tears.” — “I will come and heal him.” — “The gold of that land is good.” — “Light of Light.”
4. 4.CHRIST OUR ALL IN ALL. — “The ransomed of the Lord.” — “In exceeding bitter cry.” — “Thou, God, seest me.” — “The Name of Jesus.” — “Kings of Kings and Lord of Lords.” — “The Good Shepherd.” — “Rejoice with me.” — “He cannot deny Himself.” — “Stain from the foundation of the world.” — “Because He first loved us.” — “Thou art fairer than the children of men.” — “As the Apple Tree among the trees of the wood.” — “Thy friend and thy Father’s friend forget not.” — “Surely The bath borne our griefs.” — “They toil not, neither do they spin.” — “And now why tarriest thou?” — “God is our Hope and Strength.” — “Peace I leave with you.” — “Life as the hart desireth the water brooks.” — “That where I am, there ye may be also.” — “Judge not according to the appearance.” — “The Chiefest among ten thousand.”
5. 5.SOME FEASTS AND FASTS. — ADVENT SUNDAY. — ADVENT. — CHRISTMAS EVE. — CHRISTMAS DAY. — CHRISTMASTIDE. — ST. JOHN, APOSTLE. — HOLY INNOCENTS. — EPIPHANY. — EPIPHANYTIDE. — SEPTUAGESIMA. — “So run that ye may obtain.” — SEXAGESIMA. — “Cursed is the ground for thy sake.” — QUINQUAGESIMA. — ASH WEDNESDAY. — LENT. — EMBERTIDE. — MID-LENT. — PASSIONTIDE. — PALM SUNDAY. — “He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.” — MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK. — “The Voice of my Beloved.” — TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK. — WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK. — MAUNDY THURSDAY. — GOOD FRIDAY MORNING. — “Bearing His Cross.” — GOOD FRIDAY. — GOOD FRIDAY EVENING. — “Bring forth the Spear.” — “A bundle of myrrh is my Well-beloved unto me.” — EASTER EVEN. — “Our Church palms are budding willow twigs.” — EASTER DAY. — EASTER MONDAY. — EASTER TUESDAY. — “Together with my dead body shall they arise.” — ROGATIONTIDE. — ASCENSION EVE. — ASCENSION DAY. — “A Cloud received Him out of their sight.” — WHITSUN EVE. — WHITSUN DAY. — “When the day of Pentecost was fully come.” — WHITSUN MONDAY. — “A pure River of Water of Life.” — WHITSUN TUESDAY. — TRINITY SUNDAY. — CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. — VIGIL OF THE PRESENTATION. — FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION. — THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN. — VIGIL OF THE ANNUNCIATION. — FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION. — ST. MARK. — ST. BARNABAS. — VIGIL OF ST. PETER. — ST. PETER. — VIGIL OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW. — ST. BARTHOLOMEW. — ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. — “He that excel in strength.” — VIGIL OF ALL SAINTS. — ALL SAINTS. — ALL SAINTS: MARTYRS. — “I gave a sweet smell.” — A SONG FOR THE LEAST OF ALL SAINTS. — SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT.
6. 6.GIFTS AND GRACES — “As a king,...unto the King.” — “Perfect Love casteth out Fear.” — “Subject to like passions as we are.” — “Charity never faileth.” — “The Greatest of these is charity.” — “Let patience have bet perfect work.” — “Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.” — “They shall be as white as snow.” — “When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord.” — “Who hath despised the day of small things?” — “Do this, and he doeth it.” — “That no man take thy Crown.” — “We are come unto mount Zion.” — “Sit down in the lowest room.” — “Lord, it is good for us to be here.”
7. 7.THE WORLD. SELF-DESTRUCTION. — “A Vain Shadow.” — “Lord, save us, we perish.” — Babylon the Great. — “Standing afar off for the fear of her torment.” — “O Lucifer, Son of the Morning!” — “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”
8. 8.DIVERS WORLDS. TIME AND ETERNITY. — “Escape to the fountain.” — “Yet a little while.” — “Behold, it was very good.” — “Whatsoever is right, that shall we receive.” — “Was Thy Wrath against the Sea?” — “And there was no more Sea.” — “Awake, thou that sleepest.” — “I will lift up mine eyes unto the bills.” — “Then whose shall those things be?” — “This banner over me was Love.” — “As the Doves to their windows.” — “The Earth shall tremble at the Look of Him.” — “All flesh is Grass.” — “There remaineth therefore a Rest to the people of God.” — “They put their trust in Thee, and were not confounded.” — For Each. — For All.
9. 9.NEW JERUSALEM AND ITS CITIZENS. — “The Holy City, New Jerusalem.” — “She shall be brought unto the King.” — Antipas. — “Beautiful for situation.” — “As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.” — “Love is strong as Death.” — “Let them rejoice in their beds.” — “What hath God wrought!” — “Before the throne, and before the Lamb.” — “He shall go no more out.” — “The General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn.” — “Every one that is perfect shall be as his master.” — “So great a cloud of Witnesses.” — “It is well with the child?” — “To every seed his own body.” — “What good shall my life do me?”
10. 10.SONGS FOR STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS. — “Her Seed; It shall bruise thy head.” — “Judge nothing before the time.” — “The day is at hand.” — “Endure bareness.” — “Whither the Tribes go up, even the Tribes of the Lord.” — “What is that to thee? follow thou me.” — “Worship God.” — “Afterward he repented, and went.” — “Are they not all Ministering Spirits?” — “When my heart is vexed I will complain.” — “Praying always.” — “As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” — “Ye that fear him, both small and great.” — “Called to be Saints.” — “The end is net yet.” — “That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is Man.” — “I see that all things come to an end.” — “Just thy commandment is exceeding broad.” — Sursum Corda. — “Redeeming the Time.” — “Now they desire a better Country.” — A CASTLE-BUILDER’S WORLD. — “The line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.” — “These all wait upon Thee.” — “Doeth well...doeth better.” — “Vanity of Vanities.” — “Balm in Gilead.” — “In the day of his Espousals.” — “She came from the uttermost part of the earth.” — God’s Acre. — “The flowers appear on the Earth.” — “Thou knewest...thou oughtest therefore.” — “Go in peace.” — “Half Dead” — “One of the Soldiers with a Spear pierced his Side.” — A Churchyard Song of Patient Hope. — “Take no thought for the morrow.” — “Consider the Lillies of the field.” — “Son, remember.” — “Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” — “The Will of the Lord be done.” — “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.” — “Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.” — “Then shall ye shout.” — Changing Chimes. — “Thy Servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” — “Then I commended Mirth” — “Truly the light is sweet.” — “Are ye not much better than they?” — “Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house.” — “I am small and of no reputation.”

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