And hangs her garland on the Holy Rood.
Sister of Mercy, bravely hast thou won
From men who winnow charity from Faith 10
The Pharasaic sneer that treats as dross
The works by faith ordained. Pursue thy path,
Till, at the last, thou hear the voice—“Well done,
Thou good and faithful servant of the Cross.”
“THE WORSHIP OF THIS SABBATH MORN”
By Dorothy Wordsworth
These lines were published in The Monthly Packet, in July 1891, where the following note is appended by Miss Christabel Coleridge:—“Written circa 1852-3, and given to Mrs. Derwent Coleridge.” But Miss Edith Coleridge, and Mr. E. H. Coleridge, tell me that they think they “belong to an earlier period.” Mr. Coleridge writes, “I have heard Miss Wordsworth repeat the lines now printed, seated in her arm-chair, on the terrace at Rydal Mount.”—Ed.