Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THOU KNEWEST ... THOU OUGHTEST THEREFORE, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Behold in heaven a floating dazzling cloud Last Line: And strong in patient weakness till the end. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina | ||||||||
BEHOLD in heaven a floating dazzling cloud, So dazzling that I could but cry Alas! Alas, because I felt how low I was; Alas, within my spirit if not aloud, Foreviewing my last breathless bed and shroud: Thus pondering, I glanced downward on the grass; And the grass bowed when airs of heaven would pass, Lifting itself again when it had bowed. That grass spake comfort; weak it was and low, Yet strong enough and high enough to bend In homage at a message from the sky: As the grass did and prospered, so will I; Tho' knowing little, doing what I know, And strong in patient weakness till the end. | 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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