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“When do I see thee most?” From “The House of Life” WHEN do I see thee most, belovèd one? When in the light the spirits of mine eyes Before thy face, their altar, solemnize The worship of that Love through thee made known? Or when, in the dusk hours (we two alone), Close-... Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti	The Nevermore Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell; Unto thine ear I hold the dead-sea shell Cast up thy Life’s foam-fretted feet between; Unto thine eyes the glass where that is seen Which had Life’s form and... Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti	The Woodspurge The Wind flapped loose, the wind was still, Shaken out dead from tree and hill: I had walked on at the wind’s will,— I sat now, for the wind was still. Between my knees my forehead was,— My lips, drawn in, said not Alas! My hair was over in the... Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti	The Sea-Limits Consider the sea’s listless chime: Time’s self it is, made audible— The murmur of the earth’s own shell. Secret continuance sublime Is the sea’s end: our sight may pass No furlong further. Since time was, This sound hath told the lapse of... Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Blessèd Damozel The BlessÈd damozel 1 leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even, She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven. Her robe, ungirt from clasp to hem,... Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti	Sudden Light I Have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. You have been mine before,— How long ago I may not know: ... Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti