Religion
Oh knell of a passing time
From Verses (1893)
Religion
Oh knell of a passing time,
Will it never cease to chime?
Oh stir of the tedious sea,
Will it never cease to be?
Yea, when night and when day,
Moon and sun, pass away.
Surely the sun burns low,
The moon makes ready to go,
Broad ocean ripples to waste,
Time is running in haste,
Night is numbered, and day
Numbered to pass away.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Divers Worlds. Time and Eternity.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Oh knell of a passing time.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/776/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Oh knell of a passing time.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/776/.
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