Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HARVEST, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O gate of death, of the blessed night Last Line: Then for evermore. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Harvest | ||||||||
O Gate of death, of the blessed night, That shall open not again On this world of shame and sorrow, Where slow ages wax and wane, Where are signs and seasons, days and nights, And mighty winds and rain. Is the day wearing toward the west? - Far off cool shadows pass, A visible refreshment Across the sultry grass: Far off low mists are mustering, A broken shifting mass. Still in the deepest knowledge Some depth is left unknown: Still in the merriest music lurks A plaintive undertone: Still with the closest friend some throb Of life is felt alone. Time's summer breath is sweet, his sands Ebb sparkling as they flow, Yet some are sick that this should end Which is from long ago: - Are not the fields already white To harvest in the glow? - There shall come another harvest Than was in days of yore: The reapers shall be Angels, Our God shall purge the floor: - No more seed-time, no more harvest, Then for evermore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STORM AT HOPTIME by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE LAST MAN by ELEANOR WILNER THE HOCK-CART, OR HARVEST HOME by ROBERT HERRICK HARVEST SONG by LUDWIG HENRICH CHRISTOPH HOLTY HARVEST MOON: 1914 by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY ANTIQUE HARVESTERS by JOHN CROWE RANSOM THE POTATO HARVEST by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS 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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