Martyrs' Song by Christina Georgina Rossetti
The speakers trust that separation, suffering, and death will give way to reunion with God. They envision the blessed dead and welcoming guardian angels, praise Christ as their savior, and pray to the Trinity for strength to endure.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Christian Devotional Poetry, Hymn · 672 words
First lines
We meet in joy, though we part in sorrow; / We part to-night, but we meet to-morrow. / Be it flood or blood the path that's trod, / All the same it leads home to God: / Be it furnace-fire voluminous, / One like God's Son will walk with us.
What are these that glow from afar, / These that lean over the golden bar, / Strong as the lion, pure as the dove, / With open arms and hearts of love? / They the blessed ones gone before, / They the blessed forevermore. / Out of great tribulation they went / Home to their home of Heaven-content; / Through flood, or blood, or furnace-fire, / To the rest that fulfils desire.
Genres
- Christian Devotional Poetry — Rhymed stanzas affirm Christ's saving power and ask the Father, Son, and Spirit for grace to endure suffering.
- Hymn — The communal voice offers prayers and closes with repeated pledges to adore, thank, and praise the Trinity.
Tags
martyrdom · heavenly reunion · guardian angels · salvation · Trinity · Christian prayer
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Christian Devotional Poetry, Hymn
- Length: 672 words
- Structure: 1 section, 8 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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