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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LATER LIFE: A DOUBLE SONNET OF SONNETS, 16, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Our teachers teach that one and one make two
Last Line: And how about these long still-lengthening days?
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Teaching & Teachers
First Line: Our teachers teach that one and one make two
Last Line: And how about these long still-lengthening days?
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Teaching & Teachers
Our teachers teach that one and one make two:
Later, Love rules that one and one make one:
Abstruse the problems! neither need we shun,
But skilfully to each should yield its due.
The narrower total seems to suit the few,
The wider total suits the common run;
Each obvious in its sphere like moon or sun;
Both provable by me, and both by you.
Befogged and witless, in a wordy maze
A groping stroll perhaps may do us good;
If cloyed we are with much we have understood,
If tired of half our dusty world and ways,
If sick of fasting, and if sick of food; --
And how about these long still-lengthening days?
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