Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHEN MY HEART IS VEXED I WILL COMPLAIN, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: The fields are white to harvest, look and see
Last Line: At set of sun.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


'THE fields are white to harvest, look and see,
Are white abundantly.
The full-orbed harvest moon shines clear,
The harvest time draws near,
Be of good cheer.'

'Ah woe is me!
I have no heart for harvest time,
Grown sick with hope deferred from chime to chime.'

'But Chirst can give thee heart Who loveth thee:
Can set thee in the eternal ecstasy
Of His great jubilee:
Can give thee dancing heart and shining face,
And lips filled full of grace,
And pleasures as the rivers and the sea.
Who knocketh at His door
He welcomes evermore:
Kneel down before
That ever-open door
(The time is short) and smite
Thy breast, and pray with all thy might.'

'What shall I say?'
'Nay, pray.
Tho' one but say "Thy Will be done,"
He hath not lost his day
At set of sun.'





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