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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WHOLE HEAD IS SICK AND THE WHOLE HEART FAINT', by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Woe for the young who say that life is long Last Line: And this earth changeth and is perishing Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Youth; Disillusion; Weariness | |||
Woe for the young who say that life is long, Who turn from the sun-rising to the West, Who feel no pleasure and can find no rest, Who in the morning sigh for even-song. Their hearts, weary because of this world's wrong. Yearn with a thousand longings unexprest; They have a wound no mortal ever drest. An ill than all earth's remedies more strong. For them the fount of gladness hath run dry. And in all Nature is no pleasant thing; For them there is no glory in the sky, No sweetness in the breezes' murmuring: They say, 'The peace of heaven is placed too high, And this earth changeth and is perishing.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TIRED by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IMPERIAL NOSTALGIAS: 4 by CESAR VALLEJO BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON TIRED TIM by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE WEARINESS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW NEURASTENIA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON MICHAEL ANGELO by AUGUSTE BARBIER 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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