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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 57. TRUE WOMAN, HER LOVE, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She loves him; for her infinite soul is love Last Line: The hour of sisterly sweet hand-in-hand? Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Love; Women | |||
SHE loves him; for her infinite soul is Love, And he her lodestar. Passion in her is A glass facing his fire, where the bright bliss Is mirrored, and the heat returned. Yet move That glass, a stranger's amorous flame to prove, And it shall turn, by instant contraries, Ice to the moon; while her pure fire to his For whom it burns, clings close i' the heart's alcove. Lo! they are one. With wifely breast to breast And circling arms, she welcomes all command Of love,--her soul to answering ardours fann'd: Yet as morn springs or twilight sinks to rest, Ah! who shall say she deems not loveliest The hour of sisterly sweet hand-in-hand? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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