Religion

A Castle-Builder’s World

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

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.

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Verses (1893), section: Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims. Scriptural heading: “The line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.”

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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