Relationships
Parted
From New Poems (1896)
Relationships
Had Fortune parted us.
Fortune is blind;
Had Anger parted us,
Anger unkind --
But since God parts us
Let us part humbly,
Bearing our burden
Bravely and dumbly.
And since there is but one
Heaven, not another.
Let us not close that door
Against each other.
God's Love is higher than mine,
Christ's tenfold proved,
Yet even I would die
For thee, Beloved.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Parted.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/535/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Parted.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/535/.
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