Christina Georgina Rossetti Poems

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71.
Twice

I took my heart in my hand
(O my love, O my love),
I said: Let me fall or stand,
Let me live or die,
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72.
Color

What is pink? a rose is pink
By a fountain's brink.
What is red? a poppy's red
In its barley bed.
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73.
A Linnet In A Gilded Cage

A linnet in a gilded cage, -
A linnet on a bough, -
In frosty winter one might doubt
Which bird is luckier now.
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74.
A Portrait

I

She gave up beauty in her tender youth,
Gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways;
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75.
The Three Enemies

THE FLESH

"Sweet, thou art pale."
"More pale to see,
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76.
An Echo From Willowood

“Oh Ye, All Ye That Walk in Willowwood”

Two gaz’d into a pool, he gaz’d and she,
Not hand in hand, yet heart in heart, I think
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77.
Love Came Down At Christmas

Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
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78.
The Prince's Progress (Excerpt)

"Too late for love, too late for joy,
Too late, too late!
You loitered on the road too long,
You trifled at the gate:
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79.
A Royal Princess

I, a princess, king-descended, decked with jewels, gilded, drest,
Would rather be a peasant with her baby at her breast,
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80.
Goodbye In Fear, Goodbye In Sorrow,

‘Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow,
Goodbye, and all in vain,
Never to meet again, my dear -’
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