Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BUDS AND BABIES, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: A million buds are born that never blow
Last Line: Or all in vain was good.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina


A MILLION buds are born that never blow,
That sweet with promise lift a pretty head
To blush and wither on a barren bed
And leave no fruit to show.

Sweet, unfulfilled. Yet have I understood
One joy, by their fragility made plain:
Nothing was ever beautiful in vain,
Or all in vain was good.





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