De Profundis
Christina Rossetti
1830 to 1894
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Oh why is heaven built so far,
Oh why ______ earth set so remote?
I cannot reach the nearest ______
That hangs afloat.
I would not care to reach ______ moon,
One round monotonous of change;
Yet even she ______ her tune
Beyond my range.
I never watch the scatter'd fire
Of stars, or sun's far-trailing train,
But all ______ heart is one desire,
And all in vain:
For ______ am bound with fleshly bands,
Joy, beauty, lie beyond ______ scope;
I strain my heart, I stretch my hands,
______ catch at hope.