Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WITHIN THE VEIL, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: She holds a lily in her hand
Last Line: But sure one day to be mine own.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Flowers; Hair; Jesus Christ; Lilies; Roses


She holds a lily in her hand,
Where long ranks of Angels stand;
A silver lily for her wand.

All her hair falls sweeping down,
Her hair that is a golden brown;
A crown beneath her golden crown.

Blooms a rose-bush at her knee,
Good to smell and good to see;
It bears a rose for her, for me:

Her rose a blossom richly grown,
My rose a bud not fully blown
But sure one day to be mine own.





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