Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEAD BRIDE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There she lay so still and pale Last Line: Death hath found her. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Brides; Death; Happiness; Heaven; Life; Dead, The; Joy; Delight; Paradise | ||||||||
There she lay so still and pale, With her bridal robes around her: Joy is fleeting -- life is frail -- Death had found her. Gone for ever: gone away From the love and light of earth; Gone for ever: who shall say Where her second birth? Had her life been good and kind? Had her heart been meek and pure? Was she of a lowly mind, Ready to endure? Did she still console the sad, Soothe the widow's anguish wild, Make the poor and needy glad, Tend the orphan child? Who shall say what hope and fear Crowded in her short life's span? If the love of God was dear, Or the love of man? Happy bride if single-hearted Her first love to God was given; If from this world she departed But to dwell in Heaven; If her faith on Heaven was fixed, And her hope; if love's pure worth Made her rich indeed, unmixed With the dross of earth. But alas! if tainted pleasure Won her heart and held it here, Where is now her failing treasure, All her gladness where? ..... Hush, too curious questioner; Hush and think thine own sins o'er: Little canst thou learn from her; For we know no more Than that there she lies all pale With her bridal robes around her: Joy is fleeting -- life is frail -- Death hath found her. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX 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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