Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCARCE TOLERABLE LIFE, WHICH ALL LIFE LONG, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Song where the choirs of sunny heaven stand choired Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Nature; Walking; Desire | ||||||||
The hills are tipped with sunshine, while I walk In shadows dim and cold: The unawakened rose sleeps on her stalk In a bud's fold. Until the sun flood all the world with gold. The hills are crowned with glory, and the glow Flows widening down apace: Unto the sunny hill-tops I, set low, Lift a tired face, ''" Ah happy rose, content to wait for grace! How tired a face, how tired a brain, A heart I lift, who long For something never felt but still desired; Sunshine and song, Song where the choirs of sunny heaven stand choired. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN WEDDING by ESSEX HEMPHILL HISTORY OF DESIRE by TONY HOAGLAND ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER 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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