Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONE FOOT ON SEA, AND ONE FOOT ON SHORE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh tell me once and tell me twice Last Line: Your breaking heart breaks mine again.' Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina | ||||||||
'OH tell me once and tell me twice And tell me thrice to make it plain, When we who part this weary day, When we who part shall meet again.' 'When windflowers blossom on the sea And fishes skim along the plain, Then we who part this weary day, Then you and I shall meet again.' 'Yet tell me once before we part, Why need we part who part in pain? If flowers must blossom on the sea, Why, we shall never meet again. 'My cheeks are paler than a rose, My tears are salter than the main, My heart is like a lump of ice If we must never meet again.' 'Oh weep or laugh, but let me be, And live or die, for all's in vain; For life's in vain since we must part, And parting must not meet again 'Till windflowers blossom on the sea And fishes skim along the plain; Pale rose of roses, let me be, -- Your breaking heart breaks mine again.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BED OF FORGET-ME-NOTS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BETTER RESURRECTION by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BIRTHDAY by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A DIRGE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A LIFE'S PARALLELS by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A PAUSE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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