The House of Life

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Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Love Enthroned

I marked all kindred Powers the heart finds fair:—
Truth, with awed lips; and Hope, with eyes upcast;
And Fame, whose loud wings fan the ashen Past
To signal-fires, Oblivion’s flight to scare;
And Youth, with still some single golden hair
Unto his shoulder clinging, since the last
Embrace wherein two sweet arms held him fast;
And Life, still wreathing flowers for Death to wear.

Love’s throne was not with these; but far above
All passionate wind of welcome and farewell
He sat in breathless bowers they dream not of;
Though Truth foreknow Love’s heart, and Hope foretell,
And Fame be for Love’s sake desirable,
And Youth be dear, and Life be sweet to Love.

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Chicago: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "Love Enthroned," The House of Life, ed. Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902 and trans. Seaton, R. C. in The House of Life (New York: George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892), Original Sources, accessed April 17, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQQ887LJZU268TW.

MLA: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. "Love Enthroned." The House of Life, edited by Sutherland, Alexander, 1853-1902, and translated by Seaton, R. C., in The House of Life, New York, George E. Wood, ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, Original Sources. 17 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQQ887LJZU268TW.

Harvard: Rossetti, DG, 'Love Enthroned' in The House of Life, ed. and trans. . cited in ""Death-bed"" edition, 1892, The House of Life, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 17 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KQQ887LJZU268TW.