Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A WINTRY SONNET, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: A robin said: the spring will never come
Last Line: Dimpled his blue, yet thirsted evermore.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Winter


A Robin said: The Spring will never come,
And I shall never care to build again.
A Rosebush said: These frosts are wearisome,
My sap will never stir for sun or rain.
The half Moon said: These nights are fogged and slow,
I neither care to wax nor care to wane.
The Ocean said: I thirst from long ago,
Because earth's rivers cannot fill the main. --
When Springtime came, red Robin built a nest,
And trilled a lover's song in sheer delight.
Grey hoarfrost vanished, and the Rose with might
Clothed her in leaves and buds of crimson core.
The dim Moon brightened. Ocean sunned his crest,
Dimpled his blue, yet thirsted evermore.





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