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New Poems by Christina Rossetti; Hitherto Unpublished or Uncollected
New Poems by Christina Rossetti Hitherto Unpublished or Uncollected Author:Christina Georgina Rossetti General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1900 Original Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR... more » reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LADY MONTREVOR [" DO not look for love that is a dream -- I only seek for courage to be still; To bear my grief with an unbending will, And when I am a-weary not to seem. Let the round world roll on ; let the sun beam; Let the wind blow, and let the rivers fill The everlasting sea, and on the hill The palms almost touch heaven, as children deem. And, though young spring and summer pass away, And autumn and cold winter come again, And though my soul, being tired of its pain, Pass from the ancient earth, and though my clay Return to dust, my tongue shall not complain ; -- No man shall mock me after this my day. 18 February 1848. SONNETS Written To Bouts-rim£s A MID the shades of a deserted hall J stand and think on much that hath been lost. How long it is since other step has crost This time-worn floor ! This tapestry is all Worm-eaten ; and these columns rise up tall Yet crumbling to decay; where banners tost Thin spiders' webs hang now; the bitter frost Has even killed the flowers upon the wall. Yet once this was a home brimful of life, Full of the hopes and fears and love of youth, Full of love's language speaking without sound : Here honour was enshrined and kindly truth ; Hither the young lord brought his blushing wife, And here the bridal garlands were unbound. T SIT among green shady valleys oft, Listening to echo-winds sighing of woe; The grass ...« less