Confluents

Christina Rossetti * Track #9 On The Poems of Christina G. Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti

1906

Confluents by Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti

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This concise, deceptively simple poem follows a familiar subject that dominates Rossetti’s work, what has been described as her “death wish”. It is far more likely to imply yearning for God rather than earthly love, though both interpretations are possible. The mood throughout is sad, even depressed...

Confluents Annotated

As rivers seek the sea,
Much more deep than they,
So my soul seeks thee
Far away:
As running rivers moan
On their course alone
So I moan
Left alone.

As the delicate rose
To the sun's sweet strength
Doth herself unclose,
Breadth and length:
So spreads my heart to thee
Unveiled utterly,
I to thee
Utterly.

As morning dew exhales
Sunwards pure and free,
So my spirit fails
After thee:
As dew leaves not a trace
On the green earth's face;
I, no trace
On thy face.

Its goal the river knows,
Dewdrops find a way,
Sunlight cheers the rose
In her day:
Shall I, lone sorrow past,
Find thee at the last?
Sorrow past,
Thee at last?

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