by Coleridge · Cluster: Grace and Redemption · Humility · Bread and Wine Eucharist
Abstract
A devotional poem affirming Christian faith and adoption in Christ, triumphing over death where ‘Death itself there dies.‘
Connections
Motifs: Death Themes & Concepts: Faith, Grace and Redemption, Immortality, Divine Love Historical References: Christianity Characters: Christ
Testo integrale / Full text
God’s child in Christ adopted, — Christ my all, —
What that earth boasts were not lost cheaply, rather
Than forfeit that blest name, by which I call
The Holy One, the Almighty God, my Father? —
Father! in Christ we live, and Christ in Thee — 5
Eternal Thou, and everlasting we.
The heir of heaven, henceforth I fear not death:
In Christ I live! in Christ I draw the breath
Of the true life! — Let then earth, sea, and sky
Make war against me! On my heart I show 10
Their mighty master’s seal. In vain they try
To end my life, that can but end its woe. —
Is that a death-bed where a Christian lies? —
Yes! but not his—’tis Death itself there dies.
1833.