After the death of his wife, Elizabeth Siddal, Rossetti published a collection of sonnets entitled The House of Life, which included this poem describing his loneliness when she was no longer there.
WITHOUT HER
What of her glass without her? The blank grey
There where the pool is blind of the moon’s face.
Her dress without her? The tossed empty space
Of cloud-rack whence the moon has passed away.
Her paths without her? Day’s appointed sway
Usurped by desolate night. Her pillowed place
Without her? Tears, ah me! For love’s good grace,
And cold forgetfulness of night or day.
What of the heart without her? Nay, poor heart,
Of thee what word remains ere speech be still?
A wayfarer by barren ways and chill,
Steep ways and weary, without her thou art,
Where the long cloud, the long wood’s counterpart,
Sheds doubled up darkness up the labouring hill.
Dante Rossetti
Note: The sketch of Elizabeth was made by Dante in Hastings in 1854. She didn't enjoy good health and went to the Sussex coast to convalesce. They were married in St Clement's Church, Hastings in 1860 and honeymooned in France.
Bushka
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Clearly devoted to Elizabeth....