Religion
Time seems not short
From Verses (1893)
Religion
Time seems not short:
If so I call to mind
Its vast prerogative to loose or bind,
And bear and strike amort
All humankind.
Time seems not long:
If I peer out and see
Sphere within sphere, time in eternity,
And hear the alternate song
Cry endlessly.
Time greatly short,
O time so briefly long,
Yea, time sole battle-ground of right and wrong:
Art thou a time for sport
And for a song?
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Divers Worlds. Time and Eternity.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Time seems not short.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/773/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Time seems not short.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/773/.
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