Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOU WHO LOOK ON PASSED AGES AS A GLASS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: It shall be nothing to the end of time Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Past; Time | ||||||||
You who look on passed ages as a glass To shadow forth the future, in your home Peacefully dwelling little heeding some But loving many; as the visions pass Turn from them for a moment to the grass And solemn sun & blue o'erarching dome And in the hush of nature think on Rome Not as it is now but as it once was. As of the mighty dead think without hope But if you will indulge a hopeful pile Yea if you will write about it in rhyme For if it once had a too mighty scope To be all as the sun fails not to smile It shall be nothing to the end of time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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