The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti A variorum edition: Edited, with textual notes and introductions, by R. W. Crump |
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FROM METASTASIO
First, last, and dearest,
My love, mine own,
Thee best beloved,
Thee love alone,
Once and for ever
So love I thee.
My love, mine own,
Thee best beloved,
Thee love alone,
Once and for ever
So love I thee.
First as a suppliant
Love makes his moan,
Then as a monarch
Sets up his throne:
Once and for ever—
So love I thee.
Love makes his moan,
Then as a monarch
Sets up his throne:
Once and for ever—
So love I thee.
The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti | ||