Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BURIED, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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First Line: Thou sleepest where the lilies fade
Last Line: The snow upon thy bosom.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Lilies; Soul; Dead, The


Thou sleepest where the lilies fade,
Thou dwellest where the lilies fade not;
Sweet, when thine earthly part decayed
Thy heavenly part decayed not.

Thou dwellest where the roses blow,
The crimson roses bud and blossom;
While on thine eyes is heaped the snow,
The snow upon thy bosom.





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