| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Love’s Cosmopolitan | | By Annie Matheson (1853–1924) |
| | (A Sonnet Dedicated to London’s Cathedral of Saint Paul the Tentmaker) |
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APOSTLE, citizen, and artisan! | |
| About thy vast cathedral, through the street | |
| Is hurrying tramp of multitudinous feet; | |
| But far within, for many a homeless man | |
| Thy shrine is home, where, for a passing span, | 5 |
| Cool silence stills the heart’s tumultuous beat: | |
| Before the altar he may rest and eat | |
| Who has not broken bread since day began. | |
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| Thou who didst glory in the uplifted cross | |
| Whereby ascended Love, self-sacrificed, | 10 |
| Draws all men near, and heart to heart a few, | |
| Thou who didst count the world for love but loss, | |
| Hail, chosen servant of the risen Christ, | |
| Ambassador of God, great-hearted Jew! | | | |
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