Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE AND HOPE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Love for ever dwells in heaven
Last Line: For perfect love, and perfect bliss, shall be our lot on high.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Hope; Love - Nature Of; Optimism


Love for ever dwells in Heaven,
Hope entereth not there.
To despairing man Love's given,
Hope dwells not with despair.
Love reigneth high, and reigned low, and reigneth everywhere.

In the inmost heart Love dwelleth,
It may not quenched be;
E'en when the life-blood welleth
Its fond effects we see.
In the name that leaves the lips the last, fades last from memory.

And when we shall awaken
Ascending to the sky,
Tho' Hope shall have forsaken,
Sweet Love shall never die.
For perfect Love, and perfect bliss, shall be our lot on high.




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