Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Young girls wear flowers Last Line: Lost eden's own delection. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Flowers | ||||||||
YOUNG girls wear flowers, Young brides a flowery wreath, But next we plant them In garden plots of death. Whose lot is best -- The maiden's curtained rest, Or bride's whose hoped-for sweet May yet outstrip her feet? Ah what are such as these To death's sufficing ease? He sleeps indeed who sleeps in peace Where night and morning meet. Dear are the blossoms For bride's or maiden's head, But dearer planted Around our blessed dead. Those mind us of decay And joys that fade away; These preach to us perfection, Long love and resurrection. We make our graveyards fair, For spirit-like birds of air, For Angels may be finding there Lost Eden's own delection. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THEY SAW THE PROBLEM by MARK JARMAN SHAKE THE SUPERFLUX! by DAVID LEHMAN THE M??TIER OF BLOSSOMING by DENISE LEVERTOV TANKA DIARY (6) by HARRYETTE MULLEN VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN FORCED BLOOM by STEPHEN ELLIOTT DUNN IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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