Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE IS STRONG AS DEATH, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As flames that consume the mountains, as winds that coerce the sea Last Line: In whom their death is life, their silence utters a song. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina | ||||||||
As flames that consume the mountains, as winds that coerce the sea, Thy men of renown show forth Thy might in the clutch of death: Down they go into silence, yet the Trump of the Jubilee Swells not Thy praise as swells it the breathless pause of their breath. What is the flame of their fire, if so I may catch the flame; What the strength of their strength, if also I may wax strong? The flaming fire of their strength is the love of Jesu's Name, In Whom their death is life, their silence utters a song. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BED OF FORGET-ME-NOTS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BETTER RESURRECTION by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BIRTHDAY by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A DIRGE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A LIFE'S PARALLELS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A PAUSE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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