...half-diminished seventh chord to the words, 'Je voudrais qu'il fut dej& pres de moi, Car il viendra" ("I wish that he were come to me, For he will come"). Indeed, a similar arpeggio of the same half-diminished seventh chord underpins her last words at mm....

...1870). The latter tells of the longing of a dead woman in heaven for her lover left behind on Earth: 'l wish that he were come to me For he will come,' she said 'Have I not prayed in solemn heaven? On earth, has he not prayed? Are not two prayers a perfect strength? And shall l feel...

...bells Possessed the mid-day air, Strove not her steps to reach my side Down all the echoing stair?1 "I wish that he were come to me. For he will come,"...prayed in Heaven?— on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not pray'd? Are not two prayers a perfect strength? And shall I feel afraid? "When round his head the aureole...

...equally be read as a rewriting of Tennyson's 'Mariana,' as the Damozel waits wearily with similar words: 'I wish that he were come to me / For he will come ... All this is when he comes' ('The Blessed Damozel,' 67-8; 135). Rossetti's poem may be about the...

...to be hearkened? When those bells Possess'd the mid-day air, Strove not her steps to reach my side "I wish that he were come to me: For he will come," she said. "Have I not pray'd in Heaven? — on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not pray'd? Are not two prayers a perfect strength?...

...still weather. Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together. 7 wish that he would come to me, For he will come' she said. "Have I not...prayed in Heaven?— on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not pray d? Are not two prayers a perfect strength? And shall I feel afraid? 'When round his head the aureole...