The sonnet, titled “All Glorious Within: The Bride of Christ Clothed in the Savior’s Golden Victory”, reflects the radiant truth of Psalm 45:13: “The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.” It portrays the believer, or the Church collectively, as the bride of Christ—transformed and adorned with an inner glory that no earthly power can replicate. This splendor, born of grace, purity, and faith, shines through a robe of righteousness, symbolized by the wrought gold of the Savior’s triumph over sin. Each thread of her garment represents Christ’s victorious sacrifice, clothing the redeemed in royal splendor as heirs of the King of Kings. The poem marvels at her sacred worth, a divine gift beyond human measure, lifting her from dust to a holy birthright as she prepares to meet her Bridegroom, Christ. With a heart sincere, she reigns in beauty, the King’s delight, enthroned in boundless glory rare—an eternal testament to her identity as His beloved, victorious bride.
The King’s own daughter, bride of Christ, we see,
All glorious within, her soul aglow,
A radiance no earthly art can free,
Where grace and purity in silence grow.
Her clothing gleams, of wrought gold finely spun,
A robe of righteousness by mercy dressed,
Each thread a triumph of the Savior’s run,
The Church redeemed, in royal splendor blessed.
No mortal eye can weigh her sacred worth,
This glory born of faith and love’s embrace,
From dust to heirs, a holy, chosen birth,
Adorned as one to seek the Bridegroom’s face.
In beauty deep, she reigns with heart sincere,
The King’s delight, enthroned in boundless glory rare.