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TO MY FIOR-DI-LISA by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE ROSE IS LOVE'S OWN FLOWER, AND LOVE'S NO LESS
Last Line: IN THE DEEP-HEARTED ROSE.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; LILIES; LOVE; ROSES;

The Rose is Love's own flower, and Love's no less
The Lily's tenderness.
Then half their dignity must Roses yield
To Lilies of the field?
Nay, diverse notes make up true harmony,
All-fashioned loves agree:
Love wears the Lily's whiteness, and Love glows
In the deep-hearted Rose.



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