K:JNWTS 31/1 (May 2016): 14

Night and Day

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Night and day the Accuser makes no
pause,
Day and night protest the Righteous
Laws,
Good and evil witness to man's
flaws;
Man the culprit, man's the desperate
cause,
Man midway to death's devouring
jaws
And the worm that gnaws.
Day and night our Jesus makes no
pause,
Pleads His own fulfilment of all
Laws,
Veils with His perfections mortal
flaws,
Clears the culprit, pleads the desperate
cause,
Plucks the dead from death's devouring
jaws
And the worm that gnaws.