Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: The end of all things is at hand
Last Line: The end of all things is at hand.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Advent


The end of all things is at hand. We all
Stand in the balance trembling as we stand;
Or if not trembling, tottering to a fall.
The end of all things is at hand.

O hearts of men, covet the unending land!
O hearts of men, covet the musical,
Sweet, never-ending waters of that strand!

While Earth shows poor, a slippery rolling ball,
And Hell looms vast, a gulf unplumbed, unspanned,
And Heaven flings wide its gates to great and small,
The end of all things is at hand.





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