Love
Supreme Surrender
From The House of Life
O all the spirits of love that wander by
Along the love-sown fallowfield of sleep
My lady lies apparent; and the deep
Calls to the deep; and no man sees but I.
The bliss so long afar, at length so nigh,
Rests there attained. Methinks proud Love must weep
When Fate's control doth from his harvest reap
The sacred hour for which the years did sigh.
First touched, the hand now warm around my neck
Taught memory long to mock desire: and lo!
Across my breast the abandoned hair doth flow,
Where one shorn tress long stirred the longing ache:
And next the heart that trembled for its sake
Lies the queen-heart in sovereign overthrow.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “Supreme Surrender.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/8/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. “Supreme Surrender.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_d/8/.
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