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• blaw

  "Death in Love" Dante Rossetti

  There came an image in Life's retinue
  That had Love's wings and bore his gonfalon:
  Fair was the web, and nobly wrought thereon,
  O soul-sequestered face, thy form and hue!
  Bewildering sounds, such as Spring wakens to,
  Shook in its folds; and through my heart its power
  Sped trackless as the memorable hour
  When birth's dark portal groaned and all was new
  But a veiled woman followed, and she caught
  The banner round its staff, to furl and cling,
  Then plucked a feather from the bearer's wing,
  And held it to his lips that stirred it not,
  And said to me, "Behold, there is no breath:
  I and this Love are one, and I am Death."

  • that's deep. I don't get it all.– redant1/4

    It talks of Life searching for Love, but that Love's birth is stillborn.– blaw2/4

    It is either depressing or hopeful, depending upon how you look at it.– blaw3/4

    A) Living is the point of life, so do it.
    B) Life is without love or hope.– blaw4/4

  

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