Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
A Triad
Three sang of love together: one with lipsCrimson, with cheeks and bosom in a glow,Flushed to the yellow hair and finger-tips;And one there sang who..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Toadstool Comes Up In A Night
A toadstool comes up in a night, -Learn the lesson, little folk: -An oak grows on a hundred years,But then it is an oak.
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Testimony
I said of laughter: it is vain.Of mirth I said: what profits it?Therefore I found a book, and writTherein how ease and also pain,How health and..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Summer Wish
Live all thy sweet life through,Sweet Rose, dew-sprent,Drop down thine evening dewTo gather it anewWhen day is bright:I fancy thou wast meantChiefly..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Study (A Soul)
She stands as pale as Parian statues stand;Like Cleopatra when she turned at bay,And felt her strength above the Roman sway,And felt the aspic..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Royal Princess
I, a princess, king-descended, decked with jewels, gilded, drest,Would rather be a peasant with her baby at her breast,For all I shine so like the..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Rose Has Thorns As Well As Honey
A rose has thorns as well as honey,I'll not have her for love or money;An iris grows so straight and fine,That she shall be no friend of..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Ring Upon Her Finger
A ring upon her finger,Walks the bride,With the bridegroom tall and handsomeAt her side.A veil upon her foreheadWalks the bride,With the bridegroom..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Ring Posy
Jess and Jill are pretty girls,Plump and well to do,In a cloud of windy curls:Yet I know whoLoves me more than curls or pearls.I'm not pretty, not a..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Riddle
There is one that has a head without an eye,And there's one that has an eye without a head.You may find the answer if you try;And when all is..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Portrait
IShe gave up beauty in her tender youth,Gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways;She covered up her eyes lest they should gazeOn vanity, and chose..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Pocket Handkerchief To Hem
A pocket handkerchief to hem -Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!How many stitches it will takeBefore it's done, I fear.Yet set a stitch and then a stitch,And..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Pin Has A Head, But Has No Hair
A pin has a head, but has no hair;A clock has a face, but no mouth there;Needles have eyes, but they cannot see;A fly has a trunk without lock or..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Peal Of Bells
Strike the bells wantonly,Tinkle tinkle well;Bring me wine, bring me flowers,Ring the silver bell.All my lamps burn scented oil,Hung on laden..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Pause Of Thought
I looked for that which is not, nor can be,And hope deferred made my heart sick in truth:But years must pass before a hope of youthIs resigned..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Pause
They made the chamber sweet with flowers and leaves,And the bed sweet with flowers on which I lay;While my soul, love-bound, loitered on its way.I..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Motherless Soft Lambkin
A motherless soft lambkinAlong upon a hill;No mother's fleece to shelter himAnd wrap him from the cold: -I'll run to him and comfort him,I'll fetch..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Linnet In A Gilded Cage
A linnet in a gilded cage, -A linnet on a bough, -In frosty winter one might doubtWhich bird is luckier now.But let the trees burst out in leaf,And..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A House Of Cards
A house of cardsIs neat and small:Shake the table,It must fall.Find the Court cardsOne by one;Raise it, roof it, -Now it's done: -Shake the..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Hope Carol
A night was near, a day was near,Between a day and nightI heard sweet voices calling clear,Calling me:I heard a whirr of wing on wing,But could not..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Green Cornfield
The earth was green, the sky was blue:I saw and heard one sunny mornA skylark hang betweent he two,A singing speck above the corn;A stage below, in..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Frog's Fate
Contemptuous of his home beyondThe village and the village-pond,A large-souled Frog who spurned each bywayHopped along the imperial highway.Nor..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Frisky Lamb
A frisky lambAnd a frisky childPlaying their pranksIn a cowslip meadow:The sky all blueAnd the air all mildAnd the fields all sunAnd the lanes half..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Farm Walk
The year stood at its equinoxAnd bluff the North was blowing,A bleat of lambs came from the flocks,Green hardy things were growing;I met a maid with..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Dream
Once in a dream (for once I dreamed of you)We stood together in an open field;Above our heads two swift-winged pigeons wheeled,Sporting at ease and..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti