Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARTED, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Had fortune parted us Last Line: For thee beloved. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Anger; Fortune; God; Love | ||||||||
Had Fortune parted us Fortune is blind, Had Anger parted us Anger unkind -- But since God parts us Let us part humbly Bearing our burden Bravely & dumbly. And since there is but one Heaven, not another, Let us not close that door Against each other. God's Love is higher than mine, Christ's tenfold proved, Yet even I would die For thee Beloved. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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