Religion
Redeeming the Time
From Verses (1893)
Religion
A life of hope deferred too often is
A life of wasted opportunities;
life of perished hope too often is
life of all-lost opportunities:
Yet hope is but the flower and not the root,
And hope is still the flower and not the fruit;-
Arise and sow and weed: a day shall come
When also thou shalt keep thy harvest home.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Redeeming the Time.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/861/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Redeeming the Time.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/861/.
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