A Birthday Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Birthday
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all these
Because my love is come to me.
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.
I don't know what all of it means- what's a halycon sea? - but it paints a picture in my mind anyway, no matter how inaccurate. Beautiful imagery. Another of my favourite.
Love to one's own birthday expressed in the poem and it is good.
Nice similarities of heart with various natural objects, it's a nice poetry work by by one of my favorite author.
celebratesThis beautiful poem is chosen again in such a short time, sublimest! Love fulfilled, the joy of companionship, and the beauty found in life's special moments.
My heart is like a singing bird....all other lines revolve around this line. A lovely poem....timeless!
SEVEN: Its ringing melody and timeless themes continue to captivate readers and adorn greeting cards and wedding invitations alike. Really a beautiful poem.5 *****
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2025 10:29:23 PM # 1.0.0
So eloquent and beautiful, like the songs of the sea, halcyon and placid.