De Profundis
Christina Rossetti
1830 to 1894
Track 1
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Oh why is heaven built so far,
Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope;
Beyond my range.
I cannot reach the nearest star
And all in vain:
But all my heart is one desire,
Oh why is earth set so remote?
Of stars, or sun's far-trailing train,
That hangs afloat.
I never watch the scatter'd fire
And catch at hope.
Yet even she repeats her tune
One round monotonous of change;
I strain my heart, I stretch my hands,
I would not care to reach the moon,
For I am bound with fleshly bands,
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