Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAMBS OF GRASMERE, 1860, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The upland flocks grew starved and thinned Last Line: And scarce-saved lambs of westmoreland. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Grasmere, England; Lambs | ||||||||
THE upland flocks grew starved and thinned: Their shepherds scarce could feed the lambs Whose milkless mothers butted them, Or who were orphaned of their dams. The lambs athirst for mother's milk Filled all the place with piteous sounds: Their mothers' bones made white for miles The pastureless wet pasture grounds. Day after day, night after night, From lamb to lamb the shepherds went, With teapots for the bleating mouths, Instead of nature's nourishment. The little shivering gaping things Soon knew the step that brought them aid, And fondled the protecting hand, And rubbed it with a woolly head. Then, as the days waxed on to weeks, It was a pretty sight to see These lambs with frisky heads and tails Skipping and leaping on the lea, Bleating in tender trustful tones, Resting on rocky crag or mound, And following the beloved feet That once had sought for them and found. These very shepherds of their flocks, These loving lambs so meek to please, Are worthy of recording words And honour in their due degrees: So I might live a hundred years, And roam from strand to foreign strand, Yet not forget this flooded spring And scarce-saved lambs of Westmoreland. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIE DOWN WITH THE LAMBS by TESS GALLAGHER THE LAMB, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE POOR MAILIE'S ELEGY by ROBERT BURNS FOR A LAMB by RICHARD GHORMLEY EBERHART MENAPHON: DORON'S JIG by ROBERT GREENE MARY'S LAMB by SARAH JOSEPHA BUELL HALE SHEEP AND LAMBS by KATHARINE TYNAN THE LEGEND OF THE DEAD LAMBS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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