Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVA, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Yes, I loved him all too well Last Line: Ye may meet at length in heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Grief; Love; Sin; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
Yes, I loved him all too well, And my punishment is just, But its greatness who can tell? Still I have a stedfast trust That the sorrow shall not last, And the trial shall be past, And my faith shall anchor fast. Lord, Thou knowest, I have said, All is good that comes from Thee; Unto Thee I bow my head. I have not repented me. Still, oh! still 'tis bitter ill; Still I have a stubborn will, And my heart is haughty still: Haughty in its humbleness; Proud in its idolatry; Let the loved heel gall and press On my neck: so it should be. 'Twas in madness that I spake it: Let him leave my heart or take it, Let him heal my heart or break it; But it still shall be for him, It shall love him only still. -- Nay, it was no passing whim, But a woman's stedfast will. And this word is aye returning: And I cannot quell the yearning That in breast and brain is burning. Tears of mine may quench it never, Bitter tears shed all alone; Dropping, dropping, dropping ever For the thought of him that's gone: Dropping when none see or know. Woe is me! they only flow For the joys of long ago. Foolish one, were it not fitter For thyself to mourn and pray? Tho' thy Father's cup be bitter, Put it not from thee away. It is good and meet and right. Yea, if darksome be the night, The day dawn shall be more bright. Hast thou too much time, in sooth, For the work of penitence, That thou wastest tears and youth Mourning one who is gone hence? For thyself cry out and weep Ere that thou lie down and sleep, And for ever silence keep. Humbly strive to enter in By the strait and narrow gate; Strive the courts of Heaven to win, Where nought maketh desolate; Where are none to come and go; Where no tears may ever flow; Where nor death may be, nor woe. And in prayer think thou of him Who hath left thee sad and lone. Pray that earth's light may grow dim, So to him Heaven's light be shown. Pray that, all thy sins forgiven, Pray that, from his errors shriven, Ye may meet at length in Heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS 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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