Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 58. TRUE WOMAN, HER HEAVEN, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If to grow old in heaven is to grow young Last Line: To feel the first kiss and forbode the last. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Kisses; Love; Women | ||||||||
IF TO grow old in Heaven is to grow young, (As the Seer saw and said,) then blest were he With youth for evermore, whose heaven should be True Woman, she whom these weak notes have sung. Here and hereafter,--choir-strains of her tongue,-- Sky-spaces of her eyes,--sweet signs that flee About her soul's immediate sanctuary,-- Were Paradise all uttermost worlds among. The sunrise blooms and withers on the hill Like any hillflower; and the noblest troth Dies here to dust. Yet shall Heaven's promise clothe Even yet those lovers who have cherished still This test for love:--in every kiss sealed fast To feel the first kiss and forbode the last. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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