Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Данте Габриэль Россетти)

The House of Life. Sonnet 101. The One Hope

When vain desire at last and vain regret
Go hand in hand to death, and all is vain,
What shall assuage the unforgotten pain
And teach the unforgetful to forget?
Shall Peace be still a sunk stream long unmet,
Or may the soul at once in a green plain
Stoop through the spray of some sweet life-fountain
And cull the dew-drenched flowering amulet?

Ah! when the wan soul in that golden air
Between the scriptured petals softly blown
Peers breathless for the gift of grace unknown,
Ah! let none other alien spell soe'er
But only the one Hope's one name be there,
Not less nor more; but even that word alone.

1. The House of Life. Sonnet 80. From Dawn to Noon
2. The House of Life. Sonnet 82. Hoarded Joy
3. The House of Life. Sonnet 85. Vain Virtues
4. Returning To Brussels
5. The House of Life. Sonnet 89. The Trees of the Garden

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