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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 115, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: If stars dropped out of heaven
Last Line: Beyond the cloudy bars.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Stars
First Line: If stars dropped out of heaven
Last Line: Beyond the cloudy bars.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Stars
IF stars dropped out of heaven,
And if flowers took their place,
The sky would still look very fair,
And fair earth's face.
Winged angels might fly down to us
To pluck the stars,
But we could only long for flowers
Beyond the cloudy bars.
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