Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PASTIME, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: A boat amid the ripples, drifting, rocking
Last Line: Lit aloft.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


A boat amid the ripples, drifting, rocking,
Two idle people, without pause or aim;
While in the ominous west there gathers darkness
Flushed with flame.

A haycock in a hayfield backing, lapping,
Two drowsy people pillowed round about;
While in the ominous west across the darkness
Flame leaps out.

Better a wrecked life than a life so aimless,
Better a wrecked life than a life so soft;
The ominous west glooms thundering, with its fire
Lit aloft.





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