O First and with the last! annul our ruined past,/Rebuild us to Thy glory, set us free/From sin and from sorrow to fall down and worship Thee.Read more…
Love Came Down at Christmas: Christmas Day
Love came down at Christmas,/Love all lovely, Love Divine;/Love was born at Christmas,/Star and Angels gave the sign.Read more…
Earth, Strike Up Your Music: Christmas Eve
Christmas hath a darkness/Brighter than the blazing noon,/Christmas hath a chillness/Warmer than the heat of June,Read more…
It May Be At the Midnight: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Behold, the Bridegroom cometh: go ye out/With lighted lamps and garlands round about/To meet Him in a rapture with a shout.Read more…
Earth Grown Old: Third Week of Advent
Earth grown old, yet still so green,/Deep beneath her crust of cold/Nurses fire unfelt, unseen:/Earth grown old.Read more…
This Advent Moon: Second Week of Advent
This Advent moon shines cold and clear,/These Advent nights are long;/Our lamps have burned year after year/And still their flame is strong.Read more…
Come: First Week of Advent
During Advent this year, the Emerging Scholars Network will be posting works by Christina Rossetti. We hope this poetry helps you to reflect on what it means to wait for Christ. . . . To God be the glory!Read more…