Religion
Now they desire a better Country
From Verses (1893)
Religion
Love said nay, while Hope kept saying
All his sweetest say,
Hope so keen to start a-maying—
Love said nay.
Love was bent to watch and pray;
Long the watching, long the praying;
Hope grew drowsy, pale and grey.
Hope in dreams set off a-straying,
All his dream-world flushed by May;
While unslumbering, praying, weighing,
Love said nay.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Now they desire a better Country.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/862/.
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Rossetti, Christina. “Now they desire a better Country.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/862/.
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