Religion
A vain Shadow
From Verses (1893)
Religion
The world,—what a world, ah me!
Mouldy, worm-eaten, grey:
Vain as a leaf from a tree,
As a fading day,
As veriest vanity,
As the froth and the spray
Of the hollow-billowed sea,
As what was and shall not be,
As what is and passes away.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: The World. Self-Destruction.
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Rossetti, Christina. “A vain Shadow.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/747/.
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Rossetti, Christina. “A vain Shadow.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/747/.
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