Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LET PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Can man rejoice who lives in hourly fear Last Line: Perfect his patience in the love of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Patience; Worship | ||||||||
CAN man rejoice who lives in hourly fear? Can man make haste who toils beneath a load? Can man feel rest who has no fixed abode? All he lays hold of, or can see or hear, Is passing by, is prompt to disappear, Is doomed, foredoomed, continueth in no stay: This day he breathes in is his latter day, This year of time is this world's latter year. Thus in himself is he most miserable: Out of himself, Lord, lift him up to Thee, Out of himself and all these worlds that flee; Hold him in patience underneath the rod, Anchor his hope beyond life's ebb and swell, Perfect his patience in the love of God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COMPANIONSHIP by MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL by CLAUDE MCKAY LITTLE WHITE CHURCH by MARILYN NELSON A STEEPLE ON THE HOUSE by ROBERT FROST MATE (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ANSWER TO PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by GEORGE SANTAYANA 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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