Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 12, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: If there be any one can take my place
Last Line: And you companion'd I am not alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Variant Title(s): Abnegation
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Women - Heroes


If there be any one can take my place
And make you happy whom I grieve to grieve,
Think not that I can grudge it, but believe
I do commend you to that nobler grace,
That readier wit than mine, that sweeter face;
Yea, since your riches make me rich, conceive
I too am crown'd, while bridal crowns I weave,
And thread the bridal dance with jocund pace.
For if I did not love you, it might be
That I should grudge you some one dear delight;
But since the heart is yours that was mine own,
Your pleasure is my pleasure, right my right,
Your honourable freedom makes me free,
And you companion'd I am not alone.





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