Lyric Poem · Nature
A Better Ressurection
1I have no wit, no words, no tears;
2My heart within me like a stone
3Is numbed too much for hopes or fears.
4Look right, look left, I dwell alone;
5I lift mine eyes, but dimmed with grief
6No everlasting hills I see;
7My life is in the falling leaf:
8O Jesus, quicken me.
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“A Better Ressurection” by Christina Rossetti — quilloak.com/poems/a-better-ressurection
Quick facts
- Poem
- A Better Ressurection
- Poet
- Christina Rossetti
- Length
- 24 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Sad, Autumn
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 24 lines · 3 octaves
- Line length
- Mostly 8-syllable lines (tetrameter length).
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- Author record
- Christina Rossetti1830–1894
- Source record
- PoetryDBA Better Ressurection by christina-rossetti, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 9503106944d3ba69…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.