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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 9. PASSION AND WORSHIP, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: One flame-winged brought a white-winged
Last Line: "this harp still makes my name its voluntary."
Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante
Subject(s): Passion
First Line: One flame-winged brought a white-winged
Last Line: "this harp still makes my name its voluntary."
Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante
Subject(s): Passion
ONE flame-winged brought a white-winged harp-player
Even where my lady and I lay all alone;
Saying: "Behold, this minstrel is unknown;
Bid him depart, for I am minstrel here:
Only my strains are to Love's dear ones dear."
Then said I: "Through thine hautboy's rapturous tone
Unto my lady still this harp makes moan,
And still she deems the cadence deep and clear."
Then said my lady: "Thou art Passion of Love,
And this Love's Worship: both he plights to me.
Thy mastering music walks the sunlit sea:
But where wan water trembles in the grove
And the wan moon is all the light thereof,
This harp still makes my name its voluntary."
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