"Lady Montrevor" by Christina Rossetti

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend August 6, 2017   Lady Montrevor   Christina Rossetti

I do not look for love that is a dream—     I only seek for courage to be still;     To bear my grief with an unbending will, And when I am a-weary not to seem. Let the round world roll on; let the sun beam;     Let the wind blow, and let the rivers fill     The everlasting sea, and on the hill The palms almost touch heaven, as children deem. And, though young spring and summer pass away,     And autumn and cold winter come again,     And though my soul, being tired of its pain, Pass from the ancient earth, and though my clay     Return to dust, my tongue shall not complain;— No mean shall mock me after this my day.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Lady Montrevor" was published in New Poems by Christina Rossetti, Hitherto Unpublished or Uncollected (Macmillan and Co., 1896).   Christina Rossetti was born in London in 1830. Her collections of poetry include Goblin Market and Other Poems (Macmillan and Co., 1862) and The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan and Co., 1866). She died in 1894.   Portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Poetry by Rossetti   The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics, 2001) "Say over again... (Sonnet 21)" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning "What the Thrush Said" by John Keats "There was a child went forth every day" by Walt Whitman Help Support Poem-a-Day   If you value Poem-a-Day, please consider a monthly donation or one-time gift to help make it possible. Poem-a-Day is the only digital series publishing new, previously unpublished work by today's poets each weekday morning. The free series, which also features a curated selection of classic poems on weekends, reaches 450,000+ readers daily. Thank you! 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