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FRAGMENT by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE DONE WITH HOPE
Last Line: BUT MINE OWN CROWN TOMORROW MORN:
Subject(s): HOPE; SILENCE; OPTIMISM;
I have done with hope;
Have done with lies from sea to sea:
How should I lie beneath the cope
Of Heaven's star-blazoned verity?

I will not wear your crown tonight,
But mine own crown tomorrow morn:



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