Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HEAVEN, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is heaven? 'tis a country Last Line: Lord! Admit me, or I die. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; God; Heaven; Dead, The; Paradise | ||||||||
1. What is heaven? 'tis a country Far away from mortal ken; 'Tis a land, where, by God's bounty, After death live righteous men. 2. That that blest land I may enter, Is my humble, earnest cry; Lord! admit me to Thy presence, Lord! admit me, or I die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX 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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