Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 10, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 10, by                 Poet's Biography
First Line: Time flies, hope flags, life plies a wearied wing
Last Line: Loss and decay and death, and all is love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Love; Poetry & Poets; Time; Women - Heroes


Time flies, hope flags, life plies a wearied wing;
Death following hard on life gains ground apace;
Faith runs with each and rears an eager face,
Outruns the rest, makes light of everything,
Spurns earth, and still finds breath to pray and sing;
While love ahead of all uplifts his praise,
Still asks for grace and still gives thanks for grace,
Content with all day brings and night will bring.
Life wanes; and when love folds his wings above
Tired hope, and less we feel his conscious pulse,
Let us go fall asleep, dear friend, in peace:
A little while, and age and sorrow cease;
A little while, and life reborn annuls
Loss and decay and death, and all is love.





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