Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LISTEN, AND I WILL TELL YOU OF A FACE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: And dream on, not at rest, and yet believing
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Faces


Listen, and I will tell you of a face
Not lovely, but made beautiful by mind;
Lighted up with dark eyes in which you find
All womanly affections have their place;
Upon her even brow there is no trace
Of passion; many fragrant blossoms bind
Her hair glossy and golden; like a blind
It shadows her round cheeks blush full of grace.
I know now how it is, but it was so:
And when I think upon her bosom heaving,
And her full glistening eyes looking on me
When the poor bird was struggling; I still see
The throbbing tenderness, the virgin glow,
And dream on, not at rest and yet believing.





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