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SONG (7) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE LOVED YOU FOR LONG LONG YEARS ELLEN
Last Line: THO' YOU WILL NOT LOVE ME YET? --
Subject(s): DEATH; HEARTS; LOVE; DEAD, THE;

I have loved you for long long years Ellen,
On you has my heart been set;
I have loved you for long patient years,
But you do not love me yet.

Oh that the sun that rose that day
Had never and never set,
When I wooed and you did not turn away,
Tho' you could not love me yet.

I lay lands and gold at your feet Ellen,
At your feet a coronet,
I lay a true heart at your feet Ellen,
But you do not love me yet.

Oh when I too lie dead at your feet,
And in death my heart is set,
Will you love me then, cold proud Ellen,
Tho' you will not love me yet? --



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