The Love of Christ which Passeth Knowledge
Christ addresses an unnamed listener, recalling His endurance of rejection, His suffering on the cross, and His assumption of the listener's guilt and shame. He asks for love in return and invites the listener to share His crown and reap His harvest.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Christian Devotional Poetry, Dramatic Monologue · 318 words
First lines
I bore with thee long weary days and nights, / Through many pangs of heart, through many tears; / I bore with thee, thy hardness, coldness, slights, / For three and thirty years.
Who else had dared for thee what I have dared? / I plunged the depth most deep from bliss above; / I not My flesh, I not My spirit spared: / Give thou Me love for love.
Genres
- Christian Devotional Poetry — Christ's suffering, crucifixion, and sacrifice become a direct appeal for the listener's answering love.
- Dramatic Monologue — Christ speaks throughout in the first person to a silent listener, recounting His suffering and issuing appeals and invitations.
Tags
divine love · crucifixion · sacrifice · Christian devotion
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Christian Devotional Poetry, Dramatic Monologue
- Length: 318 words
- Structure: 1 section, 7 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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