De Profundis

Christina Rossetti * Track #151 On The Poems of Christina G. Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti

1906

De Profundis by Christina Rossetti

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Sat Jan 01 1876

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Christina Rossetti

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Rossetti begins by questioning the arrangement of the universe, observing that she feels isolated from the stars — a metaphor for heaven. The speaker feels that the monotonously revolving moon is out of her reach. As in many of her poems, Rossetti seems to be defined by a death wish, longing to rea...

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Oh why is heaven built so far,
Oh why is earth set so remote?
I cannot reach the nearest star
That hangs afloat.

I would not care to reach the moon,
One round monotonous of change;
Yet even she repeats her tune
Beyond my range.

I never watch the scattered fire
Of stars, or sun's far-trailing train,
But all my heart is one desire,
And all in vain:

For I am bound with fleshly bands,
Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope;
I strain my heart, I stretch my hands,
And catch at hope.

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Christina Rossetti released De Profundis on Sat Jan 01 1876.

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