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").
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,Pale and reluctant on..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
An Apple-Gathering
I plucked pink blossoms from mine apple treeAnd wore them all that evening in my hair:Then in due season when I went to seeI found no apples..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Amor Mundi
'Oh, where are you going with your love-locks flowingOn the west wind blowing along this valley track?''The downhill path is easy, come with me an'..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Amen
It is over. What is over?Nay, now much is over truly!—Harvest days we toiled to sow for;Now the sheaves are gathered newly,Now the wheat is garnered..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Aloof
THE irresponsive silence of the land,The irresponsive sounding of the sea,Speak both one message of one sense to me:--Aloof, aloof, we stand aloof..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
All The Bells Were Ringing
All the bells were ringingAnd all the birds were singing,When Molly sat down cryingFor her broken doll:O you silly Moll!Sobbing and sighingFor a..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
After This The Judgement
As eager homebound traveller to the goal,Or steadfast seeker on an unsearched main,Or martyr panting for an aureole,My fellow-pilgrims pass me, and..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
After Death
The curtains were half drawn, the floor was sweptAnd strewn with rushes, rosemary and mayLay thick upon the bed on which I lay,Where through the..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Advent
This Advent moon shines cold and clear,These Advent nights are long;Our lamps have burned year after yearAnd still their flame is strong.'Watchman..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Year’s Windfalls
On the wind of JanuaryDown flits the snow,Travelling from the frozen NorthAs cold as it can blow.Poor robin redbreast,Look where he comes;Let him in..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A White Hen Sitting
A white hen sittingOn white eggs three:Next, three speckled chickensAs plump as plump can be.An owl, and a hawk,And a bat come to see:But chicks..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
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