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The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti | ||
“Then shall ye shout.”
It seems an easy thing
Mayhap one day to sing
Yet the next day
We cannot sing or say.
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.
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.
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.
In silence let us pray,
And meditate
Our love-song while we wait.
The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti | ||