Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOOKING BACK ALONG LIFE'S TRODDEN WAY, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Looking back Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Past | ||||||||
Looking back along life's trodden way. Gleams and greenness linger on the track: Distance melts and mellows all to-day. Looking back. Rose and purple and a silvery grey, Is that cloud the cloud we called so black? Evening harmonizes all to-day. Looking back. Foolish feet so prone to halt or stray, Foolish heart so restive on the rack! Yesterday we sighed, but not to-day. Looking back. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FERGUS FALLING by GALWAY KINNELL A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV LAST THINGS by WILLIAM MEREDITH CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THIS MORNING, GOD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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