Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOPE IN GRIEF, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tell me not that death of grief Last Line: And surely will uprise the day. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Grief; Hope; Life; Tears; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Optimism | ||||||||
Tell me not that death of grief Is the only sure relief. Tell me not that hope when dead Leaves a void that nought can fill, Gnawings that may not be fed. Tell me not there is no skill That can bind the breaking heart, That can soothe the bitter smart, When we find ourselves betrayed, When we find ourselves forsaken, By those for whom we would have laid Our young lives down, nor wished to waken. Say not that life is to all But a gaily coloured pall, Hiding with its deceitful glow The hearts that break beneath it, Engulphing as they anguished flow The scalding tears that seethe it. Say not, vain this world's turmoil, Vain its trouble and its toil, All its hopes and fears are vain, Long, unmitigated pain. What though we should be deceived By the friend that we love best? All in this world have been grieved, Yet many have found rest. Our present life is as the night, Our future as the morning light: Surely the night will pass away, And surely will uprise the day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON 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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