Quote #14
When all desire at last and all regret Go hand in hand to death, and all is vain, What shall assuage the unforgotten pain And teach the unforgetful to forget?
More from Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell.
- Eat thou and drink; to-morrow thou shalt die. Surely the earth, that's wise being very old, Needs not our help. Then loose me, love, and ho…
- Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are.
- Now kiss, and think that there are really those, My own high-bosom'd beauty, who increase Vain gold, vain lore, and yet might choose our wa…
- Each hour until we meet is as a bird That wings from far his gradual way along The rustling covert of my soul.
- Watch thou and fear; to-morrow thou shalt die.
- And Love, our light at night and shade at noon, Lulls us to rest with songs, and turns away All shafts of shelterless tumultuous day.
- Now while we speak, the sun speeds forth: can I Or thou assure him of his goal? God's breath Even at this moment haply quickeneth The air t…