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THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 7. SUPREME SURRENDER, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: To all the spirits of love that wander by
Last Line: Lies the queen-heart in sovereign overthrow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante
Subject(s): Love


TO ALL the spirits of Love that wander by
Along his love-sown harvest-field of sleep
My lady lies apparent; and the deep
Calls to the deep; and no man sees but I.
The bliss so long afar, at length so nigh,
Rests there attained. Methinks proud Love must weep
When Fate's control doth from his harvest reap
The sacred hour for which the years did sigh.

First touched, the hand now warm around my neck
Taught memory long to mock desire: and lo!
Across my breast the abandoned hair doth flow,
Where one shorn tress long stirred the longing ache:
And next the heart that trembled for its sake
Lies the queen-heart in sovereign overthrow.





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