Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Praying in Heaven
Image: Pexels, downloaded https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-a-sad-girl-holding-paint-brush-3778361/ (10.4.2021.) The Blessed Damozel The blessed Damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven. Her robe, ungirt from clasp to hem, No wrought flowers did adorn, But a white rose of Mary’s gift For service meetly worn; And her hair lying down h