Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHARON, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: In my cottage near the styx
Last Line: Charon, cerberus, and co.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Charon; Death; Ferry Boats; Styx (river); Dead, The


In my cottage near the Styx
Co. and Charon still combine
Us to ferry o'er like bricks
In a boat of chaste design.
Cerberus, thou triple fair,
Distance doth thy charms impair:
Let the passage give to us
Charon, Co., and Cerberus.

CHORUS

Now the passage gives us to
Charon, Cerberus, and Co.





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