Consider by Christina Georgina Rossetti
The speaker compares human lives to lilies that bloom briefly and fade. Sparrows watched by God, lilies beautiful without toil, and birds fed without barns become reasons to question anxious care and trust the Father's goodness.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Christian Devotional Poetry, Didactic Poetry · 154 words
First lines
Consider / The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief: -- / We are as they; / Like them we fade away, / As doth a leaf.
Consider / The sparrows of the air of small account: / Our God doth view / Whether they fall or mount, -- / He guards us too.
Consider / The lilies that do neither spin nor toil, / Yet are most fair: -- / What profits all this care / And all this coil?
Consider / The birds that have no barn nor harvest-weeks; / God gives them food: -- / Much more our Father seeks / To do us good.
Genres
- Christian Devotional Poetry — The verses affirm God's protection and the Father's goodness through examples of sparrows, lilies, and birds.
- Didactic Poetry — Each stanza commands the reader to consider a natural example, drawing lessons about mortality, worry, and divine provision.
Tags
lilies · sparrows · mortality · divine care · worry · trust in God
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Christian Devotional Poetry, Didactic Poetry
- Length: 154 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
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