Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | Time Flies. XVII. The tempest over and gone | By Christina G. Rossetti (18301894) |
| Easter Even THE TEMPEST over and gone, the calm begun. | |
Lo, it is finished, and the Strong Man sleeps: | |
All stars keep vigil watching for the sun, | |
The moon her vigil keeps. | |
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A garden full of silence and of dew, | 5 |
Beside a virgin cave and entrance stone: | |
Surely a garden full of Angels too, | |
Wondering, on watch, alone. | |
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They who cry Holy, Holy, Holy, still | |
Veiling their faces round Gods Throne above, | 10 |
May well keep vigil on this heavenly hill | |
And cry their cry of love. | |
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Adoring God in His new mystery | |
Of Love more deep than hell, more strong than death; | |
Until the day break and the shadows flee, | 15 |
The Shaking and the Breath. | | | |
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