Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE OUT OF DEATH, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Now I've said all I would, mother
Last Line: "heaven."
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Life; Love; Mothers; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones


"Now I've said all I would, mother;
My head is on thy breast,
And I feel I can die without a sigh,
And sink into my rest.

"And if ever you weep o'er my grave, mother,
Weep not for doubt or sadness;
I shall fall asleep in pain and in grief,
But wake to perfect gladness."

Mourn not, thou mother of the dead,
That in her youth she died;
for He was with her then Who said:
"Ye that in me abide,
Ask what ye will, it shall be given;
Faith, hope, and love on earth, and Love and Joy in
Heaven."





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