Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CARDINAL NEWMAN ('IN THE GRAVE, WHITHER THOU GOEST'), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O weary champion of the cross, lie still Last Line: Thy best its best, please god, thy best its best. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): God; Love; Newman, John Henry, Cardinal (1801-1890) | ||||||||
O weary champion of the Cross, lie still: Sleep thou at length the all-embracing sleep: Long was thy sowing-day, rest now and reap: Thy fast was long, feast now thy spirit's fill. Yea take thy fill of love, because thy will Chose love not in the shallows but the deep: Thy tides were spring-tides, set against the neap Of calmer souls: thy flood rebuked their rill. Now night has come to thee -- pleased God, of rest: So some time must it come to every man; To first and last, where many last are first. Now fixed and finished thine eternal plan, Thy best has done its best, thy worst its worst: Thy best its best, Please God, thy best its best. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A HYMN; AFTER READING 'LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT' by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR JOHN HENRY NEWMAN; AUGUST 11, 1890 by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE TO HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL NEWMAN by JOHN BANISTER TABB THE FIGHT OVER THE NEWMAN STATUE IN OXFORD by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE 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 A BED OF FORGET-ME-NOTS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BETTER RESURRECTION by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BIRTHDAY by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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