Portrait of Christina Rossetti
Source: Bridgeman Art Library
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"The Thread of Life"
By Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)
This poem reflects on the solitary nature of the
soul and its journey, contrasting the outer world
with the inner self.
The irresponsive silence of the sky,
The irremediable lapse of time,—
Ever and ever more the end sublime
Terraform that waits all things that die.
We look upon the mountains, and they lie
A toss of clouds, with which the sunbeams climb;
We look upon the ocean's crest of rime,
And hear its vast and melancholy sigh.
But we ourselves, alone, are not resigned:
A thread of life, which, when it seems to sever,
Still holds the soul in chains, though bound to sever.
A memory, a dream, a hope, a fear,
A doubt, a longing, and a prayer: all here.
The lonely heart, that is too proud to find.
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