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



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First Line: I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow
Last Line: Bethink thee: today must end; there is no end of tomorrow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Grief; Women; Sorrow; Sadness


"I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow" --
Yea, scarlet woman, today: but not yea at all tomorrow.
Scarlet queen on a scarlet throne all today without sorrow,
Bethink thee: today must end; there is no end of tomorrow.





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