Religion
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched
From Verses (1893)
Religion
In tempest and storm blackness of darkness for ever,
A fire unextinguished, a worm’s indestructible swarm;
Where no hope shall ever be more, and love shall be never,
In tempest and storm;
Where the form of all things is fashionless, void of all form;
Where from death that severeth all, the soul cannot sever
In tempest and storm.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: The World. Self-Destruction.
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Rossetti, Christina. “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/754/.
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Rossetti, Christina. “Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/754/.
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