Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Time Flies. XVI. Behold the Bridegroom ComethChristina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)
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With lighted lamps and garlands round about
To meet Him in a rapture with a shout.
Earth shall cast up her poor, cast up her rich.
Earth shall upheave her depth, uproot her rock.
His Hands are Hands she knows, she knows His Side.
Veiled she unveils her face to meet His Face.
She triumphs in the presence of her King.
He knows His lovely mirror, sister, Bride.
And she with love-voice of an answering Dove.
With lamps ablaze and garlands round about
To meet Him in a rapture with a shout.