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SORROW HATH A DOUBLE VOICE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

Last Line: Farewell to sorrow!
Subject(s): PLEASURE; GRIEF;
SORROW hath a double voice,
Sharp to-day but sweet to-morrow:
Wait in patience, hope, rejoice,
Tried friends of sorrow.

Pleasure hath a double taste,
Sweet to-day, but sharp to-morrow:
Friends of pleasure, rise in haste,
Make friends with sorrow.

Pleasure set aside to-day
Comes again to rule to-morrow:
Welcomed sorrow will not stay,
Farewell to sorrow!



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