At Last by Christina Rossetti

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend January 31, 2016   At Last   Christina Rossetti

Many have sung of love a root of bane:        While to my mind a root of balm it is,     For love at length breeds love; sufficient bliss For life and death and rising up again. Surely when light of Heaven makes all things plain,     Love will grow plain with all its mysteries;     Nor shall we need to fetch from over seas Wisdom or wealth or pleasure safe from pain. Love in our borders, love within our heart,     Love all in all, we then shall bide at rest,     Ended for ever life’s unending quest,          Ended for ever effort, change and fear: Love all in all; —no more that better part          Purchased, but at the cost of all things here.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “At Last” was published in Rossetti’s book A Pageant and Other Poems (Roberts Brothers, 1881).   Christina Rossetti was born on December 5, 1830, in London. Known for her ballads and religious lyrics, some of Rossetti’s books include Goblin Market and Other Poems (Macmillan and Co., 1862) and The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan and Co., 1866). Rossetti died on December 29, 1894. Poetry by Rossetti   The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics, 2001) "Moonrise" by Gerard Manley Hopkins "Summer Night, Riverside" by Sara Teasdale "Interlude" by Edith Sitwell Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038