Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LATER LIFE: A DOUBLE SONNET OF SONNETS, 14, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When adam and when eve left paradise Last Line: Thee and thy realm of change and death and pain. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Adam & Eve | ||||||||
When Adam and when Eve left Paradise Did they love on and cling together still, Forgiving one another all that ill The twain had wrought on such a different wise? She propped upon his strength, and he in guise Of lover tho' of lord, girt to fulfil Their term of life and die when God should will; Lie down and sleep, and having slept arise. Boast not against us, O our enemy! Today we fall, but we shall rise again; We grope today, tomorrow we shall see: What is today that we should fear today? A morrow cometh which shall sweep away Thee and thy realm of change and death and pain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I HAVE BEEN A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND' by RITA DOVE METAMORPHOSES: 1. ADAM by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM ON 'EVE TEMPTED BY THE SERPENT' BY DEFENDENTE FERRARI by ROBERT PINSKY THE RECOGNITION OF EVE by KARL SHAPIRO THE SICKNESS OF ADAM by KARL SHAPIRO THE CONTINUOUS IS BROKEN, AND RESUMES by ELEANOR WILNER BALLAD OF HOW ADAM SAW IT by JOHN CIARDI 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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