Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROSES ON A BRIER, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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Last Line: Where shall be no more sea.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Death; Sea


Roses on a brier,
Pearls from out the bitter sea,
Such is earth's desire
However pure it be.

Neither bud nor brier,
Neither pearl nor brine for me:
Be stilled, my long desire;
There shall be no more sea.

Be stilled, my passionate heart;
Old earth shall end, new earth shall be;
Be still, and earn thy part
Where shall be no more sea.





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