Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG (5), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI



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First Line: She sat and sang alway
Last Line: Her songs died on the air.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness


She sat and sang alway
By the green margin of a stream,
Watching the fishes leap and play
Beneath the glad sunbeam.
I sat and wept away
Beneath the moon's most shadowy beam,
Watching the blossoms of the May
Weep leaves into the stream.
I wept for memory;
She sang for hope that is so fair:
My tears were swallowed by the sea;
Her songs died on the air.






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