Poems (Rossetti, 1901)/Exultate Deo

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4554003Poems — Exultate DeoChristina Georgina Rossetti

EXULTATE DEO.
MANY a flower hath perfume for its dower,
  And many a bird a song,
And harmless lambs milkwhite beside their dams
  Frolic along;
Perfume and song and whiteness offering praise
  In humble, peaceful ways.

Man's high degree hath will and memory,
  Affection and desire,
By loftier ways he mounts of prayer and praise;
  Fire unto fire,
Deep unto deep responsive, height to height,
  Until he walk in white.