Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894). O foolish soul! to make thy count. Henry Charles Beeching, ed. 1903. Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse

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Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.

O foolish soul! to make thy count

By Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)


O FOOLISH soul! to make thy count
For languid falls and much forgiven,
When like a flame thou mightest mount
To storm and carry heaven.

A life so faint,—is this to live?	5
A goal so mean,—is this a goal?
Christ love thee, remedy, forgive,
Save thee, O foolish soul.