Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | I. Disappointment in Love | | The Nevermore | | Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882) |
| | | 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 | 5 |
| Which had Life’s form and Love’s, but by my spell | |
| Is now a shaken shadow intolerable, | |
| Of ultimate things unuttered the frail screen. | |
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| Mark me, how still I am! But should there dart | |
| One moment through my soul the soft surprise | 10 |
| Of that winged Peace which lulls the breath of sighs,— | |
| Then shalt thou see me smile, and turn apart | |
| Thy visage to mine ambush at thy heart | |
| Sleepless with cold commemorative eyes. | | | | |
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