Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
All The Bells Were Ringing
All the bells were ringingAnd all the birds were singing,When Molly sat down cryingFor her broken doll:O you silly Moll!Sobbing and sighingFor a..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
After This The Judgement
As eager homebound traveller to the goal,Or steadfast seeker on an unsearched main,Or martyr panting for an aureole,My fellow-pilgrims pass me, and..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
After Death
The curtains were half drawn, the floor was sweptAnd strewn with rushes, rosemary and mayLay thick upon the bed on which I lay,Where through the..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
Advent
This Advent moon shines cold and clear,These Advent nights are long;Our lamps have burned year after yearAnd still their flame is strong.'Watchman..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Year’s Windfalls
On the wind of JanuaryDown flits the snow,Travelling from the frozen NorthAs cold as it can blow.Poor robin redbreast,Look where he comes;Let him in..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A White Hen Sitting
A white hen sittingOn white eggs three:Next, three speckled chickensAs plump as plump can be.An owl, and a hawk,And a bat come to see:But chicks..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Triad
Three sang of love together: one with lipsCrimson, with cheeks and bosom in a glow,Flushed to the yellow hair and finger-tips;And one there sang who..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Toadstool Comes Up In A Night
A toadstool comes up in a night, -Learn the lesson, little folk: -An oak grows on a hundred years,But then it is an oak.
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Testimony
I said of laughter: it is vain.Of mirth I said: what profits it?Therefore I found a book, and writTherein how ease and also pain,How health and..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Summer Wish
Live all thy sweet life through,Sweet Rose, dew-sprent,Drop down thine evening dewTo gather it anewWhen day is bright:I fancy thou wast meantChiefly..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Study (A Soul)
She stands as pale as Parian statues stand;Like Cleopatra when she turned at bay,And felt her strength above the Roman sway,And felt the aspic..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Royal Princess
I, a princess, king-descended, decked with jewels, gilded, drest,Would rather be a peasant with her baby at her breast,For all I shine so like the..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Rose Has Thorns As Well As Honey
A rose has thorns as well as honey,I'll not have her for love or money;An iris grows so straight and fine,That she shall be no friend of..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Ring Upon Her Finger
A ring upon her finger,Walks the bride,With the bridegroom tall and handsomeAt her side.A veil upon her foreheadWalks the bride,With the bridegroom..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Ring Posy
Jess and Jill are pretty girls,Plump and well to do,In a cloud of windy curls:Yet I know whoLoves me more than curls or pearls.I'm not pretty, not a..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Riddle
There is one that has a head without an eye,And there's one that has an eye without a head.You may find the answer if you try;And when all is..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Portrait
IShe gave up beauty in her tender youth,Gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways;She covered up her eyes lest they should gazeOn vanity, and chose..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Pocket Handkerchief To Hem
A pocket handkerchief to hem -Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!How many stitches it will takeBefore it's done, I fear.Yet set a stitch and then a stitch,And..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Pin Has A Head, But Has No Hair
A pin has a head, but has no hair;A clock has a face, but no mouth there;Needles have eyes, but they cannot see;A fly has a trunk without lock or..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Peal Of Bells
Strike the bells wantonly,Tinkle tinkle well;Bring me wine, bring me flowers,Ring the silver bell.All my lamps burn scented oil,Hung on laden..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Pause Of Thought
I looked for that which is not, nor can be,And hope deferred made my heart sick in truth:But years must pass before a hope of youthIs resigned..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Pause
They made the chamber sweet with flowers and leaves,And the bed sweet with flowers on which I lay;While my soul, love-bound, loitered on its way.I..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Motherless Soft Lambkin
A motherless soft lambkinAlong upon a hill;No mother's fleece to shelter himAnd wrap him from the cold: -I'll run to him and comfort him,I'll fetch..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A Linnet In A Gilded Cage
A linnet in a gilded cage, -A linnet on a bough, -In frosty winter one might doubtWhich bird is luckier now.But let the trees burst out in leaf,And..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti
A House Of Cards
A house of cardsIs neat and small:Shake the table,It must fall.Find the Court cardsOne by one;Raise it, roof it, -Now it's done: -Shake the..
© Christina Georgina Rossetti