Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RIVALS.' A SHADOW OF SAINT DOROTHEA, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Golden haired, lily white Last Line: And gather palm branches Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Flowers; Heaven | ||||||||
'' GOLDEN haired, lily white, Will you pluck me lilies? Or will you show me where they grow, Show where the limpid rill is? But is your hair of gold or light, And is your foot of flake or fire, And have you wings rolled up from sight, And songs to slake desire?'' '' I pluck fresh flowers of Paradise, Lilies and roses red, A bending sceptre for my hand, A crown to crown my head. I sing my songs, I pluck my flowers Sweet-scented from their fragrant trees: I sing, we sing amid the bowers, And gather palm branches.'' '' Is there a path to Heaven My stumbling foot may tread? And will you show that way to go, That bower and blossom bed?'' '' The path to Heaven is steep and straight And scorched, but ends in shade of trees, Where yet awhile we sing and wait, And gather palm branches.'' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN by EDWARD FIELD THE CITY OF GOD by LINDA GREGG BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN 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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