Poems (Rossetti, 1901)/Exultate Deo
EXULTATE DEO.
MANY a flower hath perfume for its dower, And many a bird a song,And harmless lambs milkwhite beside their dams Frolic along;Perfume and song and whiteness offering praise In humble, peaceful ways.
Man's high degree hath will and memory, Affection and desire,By loftier ways he mounts of prayer and praise; Fire unto fire,Deep unto deep responsive, height to height, Until he walk in white.