Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EXPERIENCE BOWS A SWEET CONTENTED FACE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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Last Line: Touches, embraces, hugs the invisible
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Experience


Experience bows a sweet contented face,
Still setting to her seal that God is true:
Beneath the sun, she knows, is nothing new;
All things that go return with measured pace,
Winds, rivers, man's still recommencing race: ''"
While Hope beyond earth's circle strains her view,
Past sun and moon, and rain and rainbow too,
Enamoured of unseen eternal grace.
Experience saith, "My God doth all things well:"
And for the morrow taketh little care,
Such peace and patience garrison her soul: ''"
While Hope, who never yet hath eyed the goal,
With arms flung forth, and backward floating h





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