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AND THERE WAS NO MORE SEA by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: VOICES FROM ABOVE AND FROM BENEATH
Last Line: ACCOUNTING LOVE THY LOT AND LOVE THINE END.

VOICES from above and from beneath,
Voices of creation near and far,
Voices out of life and out of death,
Out of measureless space,
Sun, moon, star,
In oneness of contentment offering praise.

Heaven and earth and sea jubilant,
Jubilant all things that dwell therein;
Filled to fullest overflow they chant,
Still roll onward, swell,
Still begin
Never flagging praise interminable.

Thou who must fall silent in a while,
Chant thy sweetest, gladdest, best, at once;
Sun thyself to-day, keep peace and smile;
By love upward send
Orisons,
Accounting love thy lot and love thine end.



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