Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAIR MARGARET, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The faith of years is broken Last Line: Once bound my soul to thee. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Faith; Fate; Life; Love; Soul; Women; Belief; Creed; Destiny | ||||||||
The faith of years is broken, The fate of years is spoken, Years past, and years to come; I pity and I scorn thee, I would not now adorn me For thy false bridal home. Yet thou, perfidious wooer, Thou yet mayst be the ruer, For thou mayst meet with one Who will not love thee really, But cast kind glances merely That thou mayst be undone. Soft eyes, and dark, and flashing, Thy hopes may yet be dashing, Thou yet mayst be deceived; And then think on her sadly, Whom once thou grievedst gladly, Ere thou thyself wast grieved. And if despair should seize thee, And urge thee to release thee From weariness and life, Oh! think on her who'll languish, Bearing the bitter anguish Of a heart's bitter strife. For, though I may not love thee, Though calm as heaven above me, My thoughts of thee must be, I cannot break so lightly The chain that bound me tightly, Once bound my soul to thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE 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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