Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNETS WRITTEN TO BOUTS-RIMES: 4, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: I said within myself: I am a fool
Last Line: Die if thou wilt; but what hast thou to fear?
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Hearts; Life; Memory; Soul


I said within myself: I am a fool
To sigh ever for that which being gone
Cannot return: the sun shines as it shone;
Rejoice: -- but who can be made glad by rule?
My heart and soul and spirit are no tool
To play with and direct; my cheek is wan
With memory; and ever and anon
I weep feeling life is a weary school.
There is much noise and bustle in the street;
It used to be so, and it is so now;
All are the same, and will be many a year.
Spirit, that canst not break and wilt not bow,
Fear not the cold, thou who hast borne the heat; --
Die if thou wilt; but what hast thou to fear?





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