A Better Resurrection
Christina Rossetti
1830 to 1894
Track 1
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O Jesus, rise in me.
One drop of water for my soul
Melt and remould it, till it be
And tedious in the barren dusk;
Or cordial in the searching cold;
My heart within me like a stone
A broken bowl that cannot hold
Is numb'd too much for hopes or fears;
No bud nor greenness can I see:
My life is like a broken bowl,
O Jesus, quicken me.
My harvest dwindled to a husk:
No everlasting hills I see;
Truly my life is void and brief
My life is like a frozen thing,
Look right, look left, I dwell alone;
I lift mine eyes, but dimm'd with grief
My life is in the falling leaf:
A royal cup for Him, my King:
My life is like a faded leaf,
O Jesus, drink of me.
I have no wit, no words, no tears;
Cast in the fire the perish'd thing;
Yet rise it shall - the sap of Spring;
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