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SONNETS WRITTEN TO BOUTS-RIMES: 5 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: I SEEK AMONG THE LIVING, AND I SEEK
Last Line: WEEP FOR A LITTLE ERE WE GO & PLAY.
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP; GRIEF; HEARTS; LOVE; SORROW; SADNESS;

I seek among the living & I seek
Among the dead for some to love; but few
I find at last & these have quite run through
Their store of love & friendship is too weak
And cold for me; yet will I never speak
Telling my heart want to cold listeners who
Will wonder smiling; I can bear & do
No tears shall sully my unfurrowed cheek
So when my dust shall mix with other dust
When I shall have found quiet in decay
And lie at ease & cease to be & rot
Those whom I love thinking of me shall not
Grieve with a measure, saying: Now we must
Weep for a little ere we go & play.



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