<b>Sudden Light</b> I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing soun… - Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Sudden Light

I have been here before,
But when or how I cannot tell:
I know the grass beyond the door,
The sweet keen smell,
The sighing sound, the lights around the shore.

You have been mine before, — How long ago I may not know:
But just when at that swallow's soar
Your neck turn'd so,
Some veil did fall, — I knew it all of yore.

Has this been thus before?
And shall not thus time's eddying flight
Still with our lives our love restore
In death's despite,
And day and night yield one delight once more?

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About Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 10 April 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator.

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Alternative Names: Dante G. Rossetti D. G. Rossetti Dante Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rosetti D. G. Rosetti Gabriel Charles Rossetti Dante Gabriel Charles Rossetti Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti Rossetti Rosseti d.g. rossetti Charles Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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