| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| “It Is Finished” |
| | | Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–94) |
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| DEAR Lord, let me recount to Thee | |
| Some of the great things thou hast done | |
| For me, even me | |
| Thy little one. | |
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| It was not I that car’d for Thee,— | 5 |
| But Thou didst set Thy heart upon | |
| Me, even me | |
| Thy little one. | |
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| And therefore was it sweet to Thee | |
| To leave Thy Majesty and Throne, | 10 |
| And grow like me | |
| A Little One, | |
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| A swaddled Baby on the knee | |
| Of a dear Mother of Thine own, | |
| Quite weak like me | 15 |
| Thy little one. | |
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| Thou didst assume my misery, | |
| And reap the harvest I had sown, | |
| Comforting me | |
| Thy little one. | 20 |
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| Jerusalem and Galilee,— | |
| Thy love embraced not those alone, | |
| But also me | |
| Thy little one. | |
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| Thy unblemish’d Body on the Tree | 25 |
| Was bar’d and broken to atone | |
| For me, for me | |
| Thy little one. | |
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| Thou lovedst me upon the Tree,— | |
| Still me, hid by the ponderous stone,— | 30 |
| Me always,—me | |
| Thy little one. | |
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| And love of me arose with Thee | |
| When death and hell lay overthrown: | |
| Thou lovedst me | 35 |
| Thy little one: | |
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| And love of me went up with Thee | |
| To sit upon Thy Father’s Throne: | |
| Thou lovest me | |
| Thy little one: | 40 |
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| Lord, as Thou me, so would I Thee | |
| Love in pure love’s communion, | |
| For Thou lov’st me | |
| Thy little one: | |
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| Which love of me brings back with Thee | 45 |
| To Judgment when the Trump is blown, | |
| Still loving me | |
| Thy little one. | |
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