Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MEETING (2), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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First Line: I said goodbye in hope
Last Line: But it is past.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Hope; Life; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Optimism


I said good bye in hope:
But now we meet again
I have no hope at all
Of anything but pain,
Our parting & our meeting
Alike in vain.

Hope on thro' all your life
Until the end, dear Friend.
Live thro' your noble life
Where joy & promise blend:
I too will live my life
Until the end.

Long may your vine entwine,
Long may your figtree spread
Their paradise of shade
Above your cherished head:
My shelter was a gourd,
And it is dead.

Yet when out of a grave
We are gathered home at last,
Then may we own life spilt
No good worth holding fast: --
Death had its bitterness
But it is past.





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