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Yet count we not His promise slack, But watch and wait for Him.
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“Yet count we not His promise slack, But watch and wait for Him.”

Christina Rossetti

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Advent — Christina Rossetti
Date
1862
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Meaning of “Yet count we not His promise slack, But…”

The speakers continue waiting despite delay because they interpret the promise through faith, combining endurance with explicitly religious expectation.

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“Advent,” Project Gutenberg #16950. 'His' refers to Christ; the line remains Christian devotional poetry rather than being generalized into an evidence-free guarantee about outcomes.

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