| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Bride Song | | By Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894) |
| | | WHO is this that cometh up not alone | |
| From the fiery-flying-serpent wilderness, | |
| Leaning upon her own Beloved One: | |
| Who is this? | |
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| Lo, the King of kings’ daughter, a high princess, | 5 |
| Going home as bride to her Husband’s Throne, | |
| Virgin queen in perfected loveliness. | |
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| Her eyes a dove’s eyes and her voice a dove’s moan, | |
| She shows like a full moon for heavenliness: | |
| Eager saints and angels ask in Heaven’s zone, | 10 |
| Who is this? | | | | |
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