Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Christina Georgina Rossetti 183094It Is Finished
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Some of the great things thou hast done
For me, even me
Thy little one.
But Thou didst set Thy heart upon
Me, even me
Thy little one.
To leave Thy Majesty and Throne,
And grow like me
A Little One,
Of a dear Mother of Thine own,
Quite weak like me
Thy little one.
And reap the harvest I had sown,
Comforting me
Thy little one.
Thy love embraced not those alone,
But also me
Thy little one.
Was bar’d and broken to atone
For me, for me
Thy little one.
Still me, hid by the ponderous stone,—
Me always,—me
Thy little one.
When death and hell lay overthrown:
Thou lovedst me
Thy little one:
To sit upon Thy Father’s Throne:
Thou lovest me
Thy little one:
Love in pure love’s communion,
For Thou lov’st me
Thy little one:
To Judgment when the Trump is blown,
Still loving me
Thy little one.