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").
Seasons
Oh the cheerful Budding-time!When thorn-hedges turn to green,When new leaves of elm and limeCleave and shed their winter screen;Tender lambs are born..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Sappho
I sigh at day-dawn, and I sighWhen the dull day is passing by.I sigh at evening, and againI sigh when night brings sleep to men.Oh! it were far..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Rushes In A Watery Place
Rushes in a watery place,And reeds in a hollow;A soaring skylark in the sky,A darting swallow;And where pale blossom used to hangRipe fruit to follow.
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Rosy Maiden Winifred
Rosy maiden Winifred,With a milkpail on her head,Tripping through the corn,While the dew lies on the wheatIn the sunny morn.Scarlet..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Roses Blushing Red And White
Roses blushing red and white,For delight;Honeysuckle wreaths above,For love;Dim sweet-scented heliotrope,For hope;Shining lilies tall and..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Rest
O EARTH, lie heavily upon her eyes;Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth;Lie close around her; leave no room for mirthWith its harsh laughter..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Requiem
When I am dead, my dearest,Sing no sad songs for me;Plant thou no roses at my head,Nor shady cypress tree:Be the green grass above meWith showers and..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Repining
She sat alway thro' the long daySpinning the weary thread away;And ever said in undertone:'Come, that I be no more alone.'From early dawn to set of..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Remember
Remember me when I am gone away,Gone far away into the silent land;When you can no more hold me by the hand,Nor I half turn to go yet turning..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Promises Like Pie-Crust
Promise me no promises,So will I not promise you:Keep we both our liberties,Never false and never true:Let us hold the die uncast,Free to come as..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Playing At Bob Cherry
Playing at bob cherryTom and Nell and Hugh:Cherry bob! cherry bob!There's a bob for you.Tom bobs a cherryFor gaping snapping Hugh,While curly-pated..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Passing Away, Saith The World
Passing away, saith the World, passing away:Chances, beauty and youth, sapp'd day by day:Thy life never continueth in one stay.Is the eye waxen dim..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Paradise: In A Symbol
Golden-winged, silver-winged,Winged with flashing flame,Such a flight of birds I saw,Birds without a name:Singing songs in their own tongue(Song of..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Paradise: In A Dream
Once in a dream I saw the flowersThat bud and bloom in Paradise;More fair they are than waking eyesHave seen in all this world of ours.And faint the..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Our Little Baby Fell Asleep
Our little baby fell asleep,And may not wake againFor days and days, and weeks and weeks;But then he'll wake again,And come with his own pretty..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
One Sea-Side Grave
Unmindful of the roses,Unmindful of the thorn,A reaper tired reposesAmong his gathered corn:So might I, till the morn! Cold as the cold..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
One Day
I will tell you when they met:In the limpid days of Spring;Elder boughs were budding yet,Oaken boughs looked wintry still,But primrose and veined..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
One And One Are Two
1 and 1 are 2 -That's for me and you.2 and 2 are 4 -That's a couple more.3 and 3 are 6Barley-sugar sticks.4 and 4 are 8Tumblers at the gate.5 and 5..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Once For All
I said: This is a beautiful fresh rose.I said: I will delight me with its scent,Will watch its lovely curve of languishment,Will watch its leaves..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
On the Wing
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
On the Wing
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
On The Grassy Banks
On the grassy banksLambkins at their pranks;Woolly sisters, woolly brothersJumping off their feetWhile their woolly mothersWatch by them and bleat.
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
On The Death Of A Cat
Who shall tell the lady's griefWhen her Cat was past relief?Who shall number the hot tearsShed o'er her, beloved for years?Who shall say the dark..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Old And New Year Ditties
New Year met me somewhat sad:Old Year leaves me tired,Stripped of favourite things I hadBaulked of much desired:Yet farther on my road to-dayGod..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Oh, Fair To See
Oh, fair to seeBlossom-laden cherry tree,Arrayed in sunny white;An April day's delight,Oh, fair to see!Oh, fair to seeFruit-laden cherry tree,With..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti