Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LADY ISABELLA (2), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lady isabella, / thou art gone away Last Line: We too may pass away. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Death; Grief; Heaven; Tears; Women; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Paradise | ||||||||
Lady Isabella, Thou art gone away, Leaving earth's darksome trouble, To rest until the Day. From thy youth and beauty, From each loving friend, Thou art gone to the land of sure repose, Where fears and sorrows end. Thou wert pure whilst with us; Now, we trust, in Heaven, All thy tears are wiped away, All thy sins forgiven. Who would wish thee back again But to share our sorrow? Who would grudge thine hour of rest, Ere the coming morrow? Let us rejoice the rather That thou hast reached that shore, Whilst yet thy soul was spotless, And thy young spirit pure. And if thy crown be brighter By but one little ray, Why wish to dim its lustre? .. Oh! rather let us pray That when we are most fitted We too may pass away. | 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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