Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Soft white lamb in the daisy meadow Last Line: In the nest of paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Flowers; Kisses | ||||||||
Soft white lamb in the daisy meadow, Come hither and play with me, For I am lonesome and I am tired Underneath the apple tree. There's your husband if you're lonesome, lady, And your bed if you want for rest, And your baby for a playfellow With a soft hand for your breast. Fair white dove in the sunshine, Perched on the ashen bough, Come and perch by me and coo to me While the buds are blowing now. I must keep my nestlings warm, lady, Underneath my downy breast; There's your baby to coo and crow to you While I brood upon my nest. Faint white rose come lie on my heart, Come lie there with your thorn; For I'll be dead at the vesper bell And buried the morrow morn. There's blood on your lily breast, lady, Like roses when they blow, And there's blood upon your little hand That should be white as snow; I will stay amid my fellows Where the lilies grow. But its oh my own own little babe That I had you here to kiss, And to comfort me in the strange next world Tho' I slighted you so in this. You shall kiss both cheek and chin, mother, And kiss me between the eyes, Or ever the moon is on her way And the pleasant stars arise; You shall kiss and kiss your fill, mother, In the nest of Paradise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHAMBER MUSIC: 31 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX PROMISES, PROMISES by PAUL MULDOON THE CITY OF THE OLESHA FRUIT by NORMAN DUBIE PENDULUM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON 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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