Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOONER OR LATER, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sooner or later: yet at last Last Line: Show mercy on us then. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina | ||||||||
Sooner or later: yet at last The Jordan must be past; It may be he will overflow His banks the day we go; It may be that his cloven deep Will stand up on a heap. Sooner or later: yet one day We all must pass that way; Each man, each woman, humbled, pale, Pass veiled within the veil; Child, parent, bride, companion, Alone, alone, alone. For none a ransom can be paid, A suretyship be made: I, bent by mine own burden, must Enter my house of dust; I, rated to the full amount, Must render mine account. When earth and sea shall empty all Their graves of great and small; When earth wrapped in a fiery flood Shall no more hide her blood; When mysteries shall be revealed; All secrets be unsealed; When things of night, when things of shame, Shall find at last a name, Pealed for a hissing and a curse Throughout the universe: Then Awful Judge, most Awful God, Then cause to bud Thy rod, To bloom with blossoms, and to give Almonds; yea, bid us live. I plead Thyself with Thee, I plead Thee in our utter need: Jesus, most Merciful of Men, Show mercy on us then; Lord God of Mercy and of men, Show mercy on us then. | 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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