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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO PARTED, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sing of a love lost and forgotten Last Line: "-- ""oh for the silence that stilleth all sighs."" --" Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Dreams; Love; Sea; Nightmares; Ocean | |||
"Sing of a love lost and forgotten, "Sing of a joy finished and o'er, "Sing of a heart core-cold and rotten, "Sing of a hope springing no more." -- -- "Sigh for a heart aching and sore." -- "I was most true and my own love betrayed me, "I was most true and she would none of me. "Was it the cry of the world that dismayed thee? "Love, I had bearded the wide world for thee." -- "Hark to the sorrowful sound of the sea." -- "Still in my dreams she comes tender and gracious, "Still in my dreams love looks out of her eyes: "Oh that the love of a dream were veracious, "Or that thus dreaming I might not arise!" -- "Oh for the silence that stilleth all sighs." -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS 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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