Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE END OF TIME, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou who art dreary Last Line: And soon must end the night, and soon must dawn the day. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Fear; Hope; Time; Youth; Dead, The; Optimism | ||||||||
Thou who art dreary With a cureless woe, Thou who art weary Of all things below, Thou who art weeping By the loved sick-bed, Thou who art keeping Watches o'er the dead, Hope, hope! old Time flies fast upon his way, And soon will cease the night, and soon will dawn the day. The rose blooms brightly, But it fades ere night; And youth flies lightly, Yet how sure its flight! And still the river Merges in the sea, And death reigns ever Whilst old Time shall be; Yet hope! old Time flies fast upon his way, And soon will cease the night, and soon will dawn the day. All we most cherish In this world below, What tho' it perish? It has aye been so. So thro' all ages It has ever been To fools and sages, Noble men and mean: Yet hope, still hope! for Time flies on his way, And soon will end the night, and soon will dawn the day. All of each nation Shall that morning see With exultation Or with misery: From watery slumbers, From the opening sod, Shall rise up numbers To be judged by God. Then hope and fear, for Time speeds on his way, And soon must end the night, and soon must dawn the day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON 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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