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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SURELY THERE IS AN ACHING VOID WITHIN, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: They were not equal to our sin-stained face Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Sin; Pride | |||
Surely there is an aching void within Man's spirit unto other men unknown And which were it unveiled and freely shown Would open to the site of so much of sin And folly & a cry of a din His overbearing pride & overblown Would quite shrink down & seem as if it had grown Humble, content to lose & not to win. Oh that we could so hide gthe grief of years From our own selves yea the whole guilt & trouble And in our secret spirit look on grace; Yet death for ever sendeth messengers Before it conscience pricks, & were these double They were not equal to our sin-stained face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS GODOLPHIN HORNE, WHO WAS CURSED WITH THE SIN OF PRIDE, AND BECAME A BOOT-BLACK by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH PRIMER LESSON by CARL SANDBURG HAEC FABULA DOCET by ROBERT FROST VICTIM OF HIMSELF by MARVIN BELL 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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