Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography 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. | 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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