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Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti
(5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894 / London)
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A Diamond Or A Coal? - Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti
A diamond or a coal?
A diamond, if you please:
Who cares about a clumsy coal
Beneath the summer trees?
A diamond or a coal?
A coal, sir, if you please:
One comes to care about the coal
What time the waters freeze.
Poems by Christina Georgina Rossetti : 12 / 320
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Poem Submitted: Thursday, April 1, 2010
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See my poem about titled as Diamond in Coal A poem dedicated to my best friend with the cutest smile.
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Amusing poem............10+++ (Report)Reply
The laws of value are quite puzzling, even a bottle of water can sell at the price of gold in the desert.nice poem and I like the whole concept (Report)Reply