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CHARITY NEVER FAILETH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: SUCH IS LOVE, IT COMFORTS IN EXTREMITY
Last Line: SUCH IS LOVE.
Subject(s): CHARITY; PHILANTHROPY;
SUCH is Love, it comforts in extremity,
Tho' a tempest rage around and rage above,
Tempest beyond tempest, far as eye can see:
Such is Love

That it simply heeds its mourning inward Dove;
Dove which craves contented for a home to be
Set amid the myrtles of an olive grove.

Dove-eyed Love contemplates the Twelve-fruited Tree,
Marks the bowing palms which worship as they move;
Simply sayeth, simply prayeth, 'All for me!'
Such is Love.



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