A lowly hill which overlooks a flat,
Half sea, half country side;
A flat-shored sea of low-voiced creeping tide
Over a chalky, weedy mat.
A hill of hillocks, flowery and kept green
Round Crosses raised for hope,
With many-tinted sunsets where the slope
Faces the lingering western sheen.
A lowly hope, a height that is but low,
While Time sets solemnly,
While the tide rises of Eternity,
Silent and neither swift nor slow.
Birchington Churchyard
Christina Georgina Rossetti
(1)
Poem topics: green, time, eternity, country, silent, slow, swift, hope, sea, flat, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
Write your comment about Birchington Churchyard poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Best Poems of Christina Georgina Rossetti