A Better Resurrection
A solitary speaker, numbed by grief, compares life to a faded leaf, a frozen thing, and a broken bowl. The speaker asks Jesus for revival and, through the bowl metaphor, for remoulding into a royal cup for the King.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Christian Devotional Poetry, Lyric Poetry · 252 words
First lines
I have no wit, no words, no tears; / My heart within me like a stone / Is numbed too much for hopes or fears; / Look right, look left, I dwell alone; / I lift mine eyes, but dimmed with grief / No everlasting hills I see; / My life is in the falling leaf: / O Jesus, quicken me!
My life is like a faded leaf, / My harvest dwindled to a husk; / Truly my life is void and brief / And tedious in the barren dusk; / My life is like a frozen thing, / No bud nor greenness can I see: / Yet rise it shall, -- the sap of Spring; / O Jesus, rise in me!
Genres
- Christian Devotional Poetry — Each stanza ends with a direct appeal to Jesus for life, inward renewal, or acceptance of the speaker's offering.
- Lyric Poetry — Three rhymed stanzas express one speaker's grief and longing through comparisons with leaves, frozen growth, and a broken bowl.
Tags
prayer · spiritual renewal · grief · loneliness · Christian devotion
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Christian Devotional Poetry, Lyric Poetry
- Length: 252 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)
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