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IF NOT WITH HOPE OF LIFE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

Last Line: and thy reward
Subject(s): LIFE; DEATH; HEAVEN;
If not with hope of life,
Begin with fear of death:
Strive the tremendous life-long strife
Breath after breath.

Bleed on beneath the rod;
Weep on until thou see;
Turn fear and hope to love of God
Who loveth thee.

Turn all to love, poor soul;
Be love thy watch and ward;
Be love thy starting-point, thy goal,
And thy reward.



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