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A WISH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WISH I WERE A LITTLE BIRD
Last Line: THAT SPRINGS AGAIN NO MORE.
Subject(s): HOPE; MEMORY; WISHES; OPTIMISM;
I wish I were a little bird
That out of sight doth soar,
I wish I were a song once heard
But often pondered o'er,
Or shadow of a lily stirred
By wind upon the floor,
Or echo of a loving word
Worth all that went before,
Or memory of a hope deferred
That springs again no more.



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