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LOVE IS STRONG AS DEATH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS FLAMES THAT CONSUME THE MOUNTAINS, AS WINDS THAT COERCE THE SEA
Last Line: IN WHOM THEIR DEATH IS LIFE, THEIR SILENCE UTTERS A SONG.
As flames that consume the mountains, as winds that coerce the sea,
Thy men of renown show forth Thy might in the clutch of death:
Down they go into silence, yet the Trump of the Jubilee
Swells not Thy praise as swells it the breathless pause of their breath.

What is the flame of their fire, if so I may catch the flame;
What the strength of their strength, if also I may wax strong?
The flaming fire of their strength is the love of Jesu's Name,
In Whom their death is life, their silence utters a song.



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