Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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First Line: Love said nay, while hope kept saying
Last Line: Love said nay.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


LOVE said nay, while Hope kept saying
All his sweetest say,
Hope so keen to start a-maying! --
Love said nay.

Love was bent to watch and pray;
Long the watching, long the praying;
Hope grew drowsy, pale and grey.

Hope in dreams set off a-straying,
All his dream - world flushed by May;
While unslumbering, praying, weighing,
Love said nay.





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