Christian and Jew Christina Rossetti

                        A DIALOGUE.

"O happy happy land!
Angels like rushes stand
         About the wells of light."--
         "Alas, I have not eyes for this fair sight:
Hold fast my hand."--

"As in a soft wind, they
Bend all one blessed way,
         Each bowed in his own glory, star with star."--
         "I cannot see so far,
         Here shadows are."--

"White-winged the cherubim,
Yet whiter seraphim,
         Glow white with intense fire of love."--
"Mine eyes are dim:
         I look in vain above,
And miss their hymn."--

"Angels, Archangels cry
One to other ceaselessly
         (I hear them sing)
One 'Holy, Holy, Holy,' to their King."--
"I do not hear them, I."--