Poems (Rossetti, 1901)/"Love is strong as Death"
"LOVE IS STRONG AS DEATH."
I HAVE not sought Thee, I have not found Thee, I have not thirsted for Thee:And now cold billows of death surround me,Buffeting billows of death astound me,— Wilt Thou look upon, wilt Thou see Thy perishing me?"
"Yea, I have sought thee, yea, I have found thee, Yea, I have thirsted for thee,Yea, long ago with love's bands I bound thee:Now the Everlasting Arms surround thee,— Through death's darkness I look and see And clasp thee to Me."