Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NONE WITH HIM', by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My god, to live: how didst thou bear to live Last Line: Thy spirit saith Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Life; Pain; Jesus Christ | ||||||||
My God, to live: how didst Thou bear to live, Preaching and teaching, toiling to and fro? Few men accepting what Thou hadst to give, Few men prepared to know Thy Face, to see the truth Thou cam'st to show. My God, to die: how didst Thou bear to die That long slow death in weariness of pain? A curse and an astonishment, past by, Pointed at, mocked again, By men for whom Thy blood was shed in vain. Whilst I do hardly bear my easy life, And hardly face my easy-coming death: I turn to flee before the tug of strife; And shrink with troubled breath From sleep, that is not death, Thy Spirit saith. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MEDITATION ON SAVIORS by ROBINSON JEFFERS COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK TO A WREN ON CALVARY by LARRY LEVIS THE TRANSFIGURATION by EDWIN MUIR SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL 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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