Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REDEEMING THE TIME, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A life of hope deferred too often is Last Line: When also thou shalt keep thy harvest home. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina | ||||||||
A LIFE of hope deferred too often is A life of wasted opportunities; A life of perished hope too often is A life of all-lost opportunities: Yet hope is but the flower and not the root, And hope is still the flower and not the fruit; -- Arise and sow and weed: a day shall come When also thou shalt keep thy harvest home. | 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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