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SHE CAME FROM THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD ME, SAID SHEBA'S QUEEN
Last Line: THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD.'
'THE half was not told me,' said Sheba's Queen,
Weighing that wealth of wisdom and of gold:
'Thy fame falls short of this that I have seen:
The half was not told.

'Happy thy servants who stand to behold,
Stand to drink in thy gracious speech and mien;
Happy, thrice happy, the flock of thy fold.

'As the darkened moon while a shadow between
Her face and her kindling sun is rolled,
I depart; but my heart keeps memory green:
The half was not told.'



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