| The irresponsive silence of the land, |
| The irresponsive sounding of the sea, |
| Speak
both one message of one sense to me :- |
| ‘Aloof, aloof, we stand aloof, so stand |
| Thou too aloof, bound with the flawless
band |
| Of inner
solitude ; we bind not thee ; |
| But who from
thy self-chain shall set thee free ? |
| What heart shall touch thy heart ? What
hand thy hand ? - |
| And I am sometimes proud and sometimes
meek, |
| And sometimes
I remember days of old |
| When fellowship seemed not so far to
seek, |
| And all the
world and I seemed much less cold, |
| And at the
rainbow’s foot lay surely gold, |
And hope felt strong, and life itself
not weak.
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Christina Rossetti |
Classic Poems |
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[ A Birthday ] [ A Pause of Thought ] [ Marvel of Marvels ] [ Rest ] [ Echo ] [ Twice ] [ Aloof ] [ Uphill ] [ Remember ] [ Song ] [ Somewhere or Other ] |
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