Religion
A Castle-Builder’s World
From Verses (1893)
Unripe harvest there hath none to reap it
From the misty gusty place,
Unripe vineyard there hath none to keep it
In unprofitable space.
Living men and women are not found there,
Only masks in flocks and shoals;
Flesh-and-bloodless hazy masks surround there,
Ever wavering orbs and poles;
Flesh-and-bloodless vapid masks abound there,
Shades of bodies without souls.
Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims. Scriptural heading: “The line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.”
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “A Castle-Builder’s World.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/863/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “A Castle-Builder’s World.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/863/.
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