Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE STAGES: 2. THE END OF THE FIRST PART, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My happy happy dream is finished with Last Line: Of the last lingering chime. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina | ||||||||
My happy happy dream is finished with, My dream in which alone I lived so long. My heart slept -- woe is me, it wakeneth; Was weak -- I thought it strong. Oh wearying wakening from a life-true dream: Oh pleasant dream from which I wake in pain: I rested all my trust on things that seem, And all my trust is vain. I must pull down my palace that I built, Dig up the pleasure-gardens of my soul; Must change my laughter to sad tears for guilt, My freedom to control. Now all the cherished secrets of my heart, Now all my hidden hopes are turned to sin: Part of my life is dead, part sick, and part Is all on fire within. The fruitless thought of what I might have been Haunting me ever will not let me rest: A cold north wind has withered all my green, My sun is in the west. But where my palace stood, with the same stone, I will uprear a shady hermitage; And there my spirit shall keep the house alone, Accomplishing its age: There other garden beds shall lie around Full of sweet-briar and incense-burning thyme; There I will sit, and listen for the sound Of the last lingering chime. | 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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