Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SHORT IS TIME, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Short is time, and only time is bleak
Last Line: Short is time.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Time


Short is time, and only time is bleak;
Gauge the exceeding height thou hast to climb:
Long eternity is nigh to seek:
Short is time.

Time is shortening with the wintry rime:
Pray and watch and pray, girt up and meek;
Praying, watching, praying, chime by chime.

Pray by silence if thou canst not speak:
Time is shortening; pray on till the prime:
Time is shortening; soul, fulfil thy week:
Short is time.





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