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LINES GIVEN WITH A PENWIPER by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAVE COMPASSION ON THE CARPETING
Last Line: AND SAVE YOUR SPINE FROM A CONTINUAL CURVE.
Subject(s): COMPASSION; PAIN; SUFFERING; MISERY;
I have compassion on the carpeting,
And on your back I have compassion too.
The splendid Brussels web is suffering
In the dimmed lustre of each glowing hue;
And you the everlasting altering
Of your position with strange aches must rue.
Behold, I come the carpet to preserve,
And save your spine from a continual curve.



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