Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LATER LIFE: A DOUBLE SONNET OF SONNETS, 12, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: A dream there is wherein we are fain to scream
Last Line: On feet untired, and still on feet tho' tired.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Dreams


A dream there is wherein we are fain to scream,
While struggling with ourselves we cannot speak:
And much of all our waking life, as weak
And misconceived, eludes us like the dream.
For half life's seemings are not what they seem,
And vain the laughs we laugh, the shrieks we shriek;
Yea, all is vain that mars the settled meek
Contented quiet of our daily theme.
When I was young I deemed that sweets are sweet:
But now I deem some searching bitters are
Sweeter than sweets, and more refreshing far,
And to be relished more, and more desired,
And more to be pursued on eager feet,
On feet untired, and still on feet tho' tired.





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