Love

Who Shall Say?

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From New Poems (1896)

Love

I toiled on, but thou
Wast weary of the way.
And so we parted: now
Who shall say
Which is happier -- I or thou?

I am weary now
On the solitary way:
But art thou rested, thou?
Who shall say
Which of us is calmer now?

Still my heart's love, thou,
In thy secret way,
Art still remembered now:
Who shall say --
Still rememberest thou?

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Rossetti, Christina. “Who Shall Say?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/530/.

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Rossetti, Christina. “Who Shall Say?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/530/.

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