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THEN SHALL YE SHOUT by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: IT SEEMS AN EASY THING
Last Line: OUR LOVE-SONG WHILE WE WAIT.
IT seems an easy thing
Mayhap one day to sing;
Yet the next day
We cannot sing or say.

Keep silence with good heart,
While silence fits our part:
Another day
We shall both sing and say.

Keep silence, counting time
To strike in at the chime:
Prepare to sound, --
Our part is coming round.

Can we not sing or say?
In silence let us pray,
And meditate
Our love-song while we wait.



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