English Poetry. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The House of Life. Sonnet 9. Passion and Worship. Данте Габриэль Россетти.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Данте Габриэль Россетти)

The House of Life. Sonnet 9. Passion and Worship

One flame-winged brought a white-winged harp-player
Even where my lady and I lay all alone;
Saying: "Behold, this minstrel is unknown;
Bid him depart, for I am minstrel here:
Only my strains are to Love's dear ones dear."
Then said I: "Through thine hautboy's rapturous tone
Unto my lady still this harp makes moan,
And still she deems the cadence deep and clear."

Then said my lady: "Thou are Passion of Love,
And this Love's Worship: both he plights to me.
Thy mastering music walks the sunlit sea:
But where wan water trembles in the grove
And the wan moon is all the light thereof,
This harp still makes my name its voluntary."

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