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


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First Line: She listened like a cushat dove
Last Line: To hear him speak.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Adam & Eve; Bible; Doves; Love


She listened like a cushat dove
That listens to its mate alone;
She listened like a cushat dove
That loves but only one.

Not fair as men would reckon fair,
Nor noble as they count the line;
Only as graceful as a bough
And tendrils of the vine;
Only as noble as sweet Eve
Your ancestress and mine.

And downcast were her dovelike eyes,
And downcast was her tender cheek,
Her pulses fluttered like a dove
To hear him speak.





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