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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 97. A SUPERSCRIPTION, by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look in my face; my name is might-have-been Last Line: Sleepless with cold commemorative eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Variant Title(s): The Nevermore;a Superscription Subject(s): Grief; Love; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am aslo called No-more, Too-late, Farewell; Unto thine ear I hold the dead-sea shell Cast up thy Life's foam-fretted feet between; Unto thine eyes the glass where that is seen Which had Life's form and Love's, but my spell Is now a shaken shadow intolerable, Of ultimate things unuttered the frail screen. Mark me, how still I am! but should there dart One moment through my soul the soft surprise Of that winged Peace which lulls the breath of sighs, -- Then shalt thou see me smile, and turn apart Thy visage to mine ambush at thy heart Sleepless with cold commemorative eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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