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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 27, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Brownie, brownie, let down your milk
Last Line: No sweeter scented than your breath.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Milk; Milkmen; Milkmaids
First Line: Brownie, brownie, let down your milk
Last Line: No sweeter scented than your breath.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Milk; Milkmen; Milkmaids
BROWNIE, Brownie, let down your milk,
White as swansdown and smooth as silk,
Fresh as dew and pure as snow:
For I know where the cowslips blow,
And you shall have a cowslip wreath
No sweeter scented than your breath.
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