Love

Possession

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828–1882

From Collected Works, vol. I (1886)

Love

There is a cloud above the sunset hill,
That wends and makes no stay,
For its goal lies beyond the fiery west;
A lingering breath no calm can chase away,
The onward labour of the wind's last will;
A flying foam that overleaps the crest
Of the top wave: and in possession still
A further reach of longing; though at rest
From all the yearning years,
Together in the bosom of that day
Ye cling, and with your kisses drink your tears.

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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “Possession.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/203/.

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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “Possession.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/203/.

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