A Rose Plant In Jericho

by Christina Georgina Rossetti — a poem card from Justes Mots

A spiritual meditation on suffering and divine exchange, using the image of a rose plant as metaphor for the speaker's heart offered to God. The poem explores how pain and joy intertwine, and expresses faith that God's generosity will ultimately transform thorns into paradise. Suitable for mourning or spiritual reflection on suffering with hope for redemption.

At morn I plucked a rose and gave it Thee,
A rose of joy and happy love and peace,
A rose with scarce a thorn:
But in the chillness of a second morn
My rose bush drooped, and all its gay increase
Was but one thorn that wounded me.

I plucked the thorn and offered it to Thee;…

Themes: sympathy · grief · love · reflection