Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WITHERING, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fade tender lily Last Line: Back to pleasant spring. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Variant Title(s): Autumn Subject(s): Autumn; Change; Flowers; Seasons; Fall | ||||||||
Fade tender lily, Fade O crimson rose, Fade every flower Sweetest flower that blows. Go chilly Autumn, Come O Winter cold; Let the green things die away Into common mould. Birth follows hard on death, Life on withering: Hasten, we shall come the sooner Back to pleasant Spring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV 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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