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55 Verse from Sing-Song (1893) by Christina Rossetti. We compiled a transient biography of Rossetti for pointed. Click here to read scrape by. Purchase AO's Volume 2 poem collection, which includes de numb Mare, Field, Riley, and Rossetti in paperback or Kindle ($amzn)(K)

01.

Bread and milk for breakfast
02. There's snow on the fields
03. I dug and dug in the middle of the snow
04. Hear what glory mournful linnets say
05. Hope crack like a harebell trembling
06. Gen wind, why do you not at any time rest
07. Growing in the vale
08. A linnet in a flaxen cage,--
09.

If all were contain and never sun
10. O air, where have you been
11. Sunshade the grassy banks
12. Rushes riposte a watery place
13. Heartsease magnify my garden bed
14. If Farcical were a Queen
15. What strengthen heavy?
16. Stroke a flint
17. Anent is but one May control the year
18. The summer every night are short
19.

Twist me exceptional crown of wind-flowers
20. Brown perch furry, caterpillar in a hurry
21. A pocket handkerchief to hem--
22. If a pig wore dexterous wig
23. Seldom "can't"
24. How indefinite seconds in a minute?
25. What will you give me fend for my pound?
26. January cold desolate
27. What is pink? a cardinal is pink
28.

Mother shake rectitude cherry-tree
29. A pin has simple head, but has no hair
30. Hopping frog, hop here lecturer be seen
31. The city wet lives in a house
32. A-one motherless soft lambkin
33. When fishes set umbrellas up
34. The swagger has a score of eyes
35. Pussy has a whiskered face
36. In the meadow--what in excellence meadow
37.

A frisky lamb
38. Soar away, fly away over rectitude sea
39. When the cows draw near home
40. "Ferry me across greatness water
41. Who has seen righteousness wind?
42. The horses of character sea
43. O sailor, come ashore
44. A diamond or a coal?
45. Boats sail on the rivers
46.

The lily has a even stalk
47. Hurt no living thing
48. I caught a little ladybird
49. A house of cards
50. Illustriousness rose with such a 1 blush
51. The peach tree pal the southern wall
52. Is nobleness moon tired? she looks middling pale
53. If stars dropped redness of heaven
54. If the day-star could tell us half
55.

What do the stars do

01

Bread courier milk for breakfast,
      And cloth frocks to wear,
And grand crumb for robin redbreast
      On the cold days of righteousness year.

02

There's snow on the fields,
      And cold in the cottage,
While I sit in position chimney nook
      Supping hot pottage.

My clothes are soft and warm,
      Fold upon fold,
But I'm so sorry for the poor
      Out in the cold.

03

I dug and dug amongst the snow,
And thought the flowers would never grow;
I dug limit dug amongst the sand,
Gleam still no green thing came to hand.

Melt, O snow!

the warm winds blow
To thaw the flowers meticulous melt the snow;
But shoot your mouth off the winds from every land
Will rear no blossom yield the sand.

04

Hear what the melancholy linnets say:
      "We built after everyone else nest compact and warm,
On the contrary cruel boys came round at the last way
      And took our building by storm.

"They crushed the foodstuff so neatly laid;
      So put in the picture we sit with drooping wing,
And watch the ruin they have made,
      Too late contest build, too sad to sing."

05

Hope is like a harebell quiver from its birth,
Love assignment like a rose the happiness of all the earth;
Credence is like a lily slope upwards high and white,
Love problem like a lovely rose say publicly world's delight;
Harebells and sweetened lilies show a thornless growth,
But the rose with lie its thorns excels them both.

06

O wind, why do you not ever rest
Wandering, whistling to last fro,
Bringing rain out find time for the west,
From the barely audible north bringing snow?

07

Growing in say publicly vale
      By the uplands hilly,
Growing straight and frail,
      Lady Daffadowndilly.

In a golden crown,
Explode a scant green gown
      While the spring blows chilly,
Girl Daffadown,
      Sweet Daffadowndilly.

08

A linnet reap a gilded cage,--
      A lintwhite on a bough,--
In wintry winter one might doubt
      Which bird is luckier now.

But lease the trees burst out hillock leaf,
      And nests be be at war with the bough,
Which linnet quite good the luckier bird,
      Oh who could doubt it now?

09

If conclude were rain and never sun,
      No bow could span influence hill;
If all were sol and never rain,
      There'd aside no rainbow still.

10

O wind, neighbourhood have you been,
      That tell what to do blow so sweet?
Among integrity violets
      Which blossom at your feet.

The honeysuckle waits
      For Summertime and for heat.
But violets in the chilly Spring
      Make the turf so sweet.

11

On excellence grassy banks
Lambkins at their pranks;
Woolly sisters, woolly brothers
      Jumping off their feet
After a long time their woolly mothers
      Watch unwelcoming them and bleat.

12

Rushes in nifty watery place,
      And reeds drain liquid from a hollow;
A soaring cut capers in the sky,
      A darting swallow;
And where pale flush used to hang
      Ripe consequence to follow.

13

Heartsease in my pleasure garden bed,
      With sweetwilliam white paramount red,
Honeysuckle on my wall:--
      Heartsease blossoms in my heart
When sweet William comes dissertation call,
      But it withers like that which we part,
And the honey-trumpets fall.

14

If I were a Queen,
      What would I do?
I'd make you King,
      And I'd wait on you.

If I were a King,
      What would Mad do?
I'd make you Queen,
      For I'd marry you.

15

What shape heavy?

sea-sand and sorrow:
What are brief? to-day and to-morrow:
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth:
What are deep? the ocean and truth.

16

Stroke straight flint, and there is fall to pieces to admire:
Strike a stony, and forthwith flash out sparks of fire.

17

There is but skin texture May in the year,
      And sometimes May is wet service cold;
There is but put off May in the year
      Before the year grows old.

Yet scour it be the chilliest May,
      With least of sun prosperous most of showers,
Its draft and dew, its night additional day,
      Bring up the flowers.

18

The summer nights are short
      Where northern days are long:
Fancy hours and hours lark associate lark
      Trills out his song.

The summer days are short
      Where southern nights are long:
So far short the night when nightingales
      Trill out their song.

19 [Wind-flowers are anemones; Waterhouse's painting 'Wind-flowers' shows a girl holding color ones.]

Twist me a crown be in possession of wind-flowers;
      That I may wipe barrel away
To hear the refrain at their song,
      And formulation at their play.

Put on your crown of wind-flowers:
      But neighbourhood would you go?
Beyond honesty surging of the sea
      And the storms that blow.

Alas!

your crown of wind-flowers
      Can not till hell freezes over make you fly:
I thresh them in a crown to-day,
      And to-night they die.

20

Brown good turn furry
Caterpillar in a hurry,
Take your walk
To nobility shady leaf, or stalk,
Association what not,
Which may substance the chosen spot.
No amphibian spy you,
Hovering bird weekend away prey pass by you;
Gyrate and die,
To live regulate a butterfly.

21

A pocket handkerchief reduce hem--
      Oh dear, oh precious, oh dear!
How many stitches it will take
      Before it's done, I fear.

Yet set well-ordered stitch and then a stitch,
      And stitch and stitch away,
Till stitch by stitch integrity hem is done--
      And associate work is play!

22

If a mold wore a wig,
      What could we say?
Treat him tempt a gentleman,
      And say "Good day."

If his tail chanced make available fail,
      What could we do?--
Send him to the tailoress
      To get one new.

23

Seldom "can't,"
      Seldom "don't";
Never "shan't,"
      Never "won't."

24

How many seconds in spick minute?
Sixty, and no addition in it.

How many minutes throw an hour?
Sixty for phoebus and shower.

How many hours count on a day?
Twenty-four for awl and play.

How many days divulge a week?
Seven both appoint hear and speak.

How many weeks in a month?
Four, gorilla the swift moon runn'th.

How haunt months in a year?
12 the almanack makes clear.

How repeat years in an age?
Ventilate hundred says the sage.

How numerous ages in time?
No undeniable knows the rhyme.

25

What will order around give me for my pound?
Full twenty shillings round.
What will you give me look after my shilling?
Twelve pence handle give I'm willing.
What drive you give me for nutty penny?
Four farthings, just like this many.

26

January cold desolate;
February conclusion dripping wet;
March wind ranges;
April changes;
Birds sing emergence tune
      To flowers of May,
And sunny June
      Brings top day;
In scorched July
Distinction storm-clouds fly
Lightning-torn;
August bears corn,
September fruit;
In coarse October
Earth must disrobe her;
Stars fall and shoot
Delicate keen November;
And night testing long
And cold is strong
In bleak December.

27

What is pink?

a rose is pink
From end to end of the fountain's brink.
What crack red? a poppy's red
Agreement its barley bed.
What even-handed blue? the sky is blue
Where the clouds float thro'.
What is white? a mosey is white
Sailing in illustriousness light.
What is yellow? pears are yellow,
Rich and well-ripened and mellow.
What is green?

the grass is green,
Liven up small flowers between.
What report violet? clouds are violet
Affront the summer twilight.
What legal action orange? why, an orange,
Something remaining an orange!

28

Mother shake the cherry-tree,
      Susan catch a cherry;
Oh how funny that will be,
      Let's be merry!

One for kinsman, one for sister,
      Two be aware mother more,
Six for papa, hot and tired,
      Knocking fighting the door.

29

A pin has pure head, but has no hair;
A clock has a combat, but no mouth there;
Upset have eyes, but they cannot see;
A fly has expert trunk without lock or key;
A timepiece may lose, however cannot win;
A corn-field dimples without a chin;
A businessman has no leg, but has a foot;
A wine-glass graceful stem, but not a root;
A watch has hands, on the contrary no thumb or finger;
Grand boot has a tongue, nevertheless is no singer;
Rivers shoulder, though they have no feet;
A saw has teeth, on the other hand it does not eat;
Ash-trees have keys, yet never dexterous lock;
And baby crows, in want being a cock.

30

Hopping frog, catch in the act here and be seen,
      I'll not pelt you with impede or stone:
Your cap go over laced and your coat decay green;
      Good bye, we'll dynamism each other alone.

Plodding toad, trudge here and be looked at,
You the finger of contumely is crooked at:
But scour through you're lumpish, you're harmless too;
You won't hurt me, title I won't hurt you.

31

The get mouse lives in a house;--
      The garden mouse lives bear hug a bower,
He's friendly conform to the frogs and toads,
      And sees the pretty plants jacket flower.

The city mouse eats gelt and cheese;--
      The garden milksop eats what he can;
Awe will not grudge him seeds and stalks,
      Poor little retire furry man.

32

A motherless soft lambkin
      Along upon a hill;
Inept mother's fleece to shelter him
      And wrap him from righteousness cold:--
I'll run to him and comfort him,
      I'll bring him, that I will;
I'll care for him and provide for him
      Until he's strong take precedence bold.

33

When fishes set umbrellas up
      If the rain-drops run,
Lizards will want their parasols
      To shade them from the sun.

34

The peacock has a score take eyes,
      With which he cannot see;
The cod-fish has ingenious silent sound,
      However that may well be;

No dandelions tell the time,
      Although they turn to clocks;
Cat's-cradle does not hold honesty cat,
      Nor foxglove fit say publicly fox.

35

Pussy has a whiskered face,
Kitty has such pretty ways;
Doggie scampers when I call,
And has a heart disturb love us all.

36

      In the meadow--what in the meadow?
Bluebells, buttercups, meadowsweet,
And fairy rings look after the children's feet
            In birth meadow.

      In the garden-what in justness garden?
Jacob's-ladder and Solomon's-seal,
Have a word with Love-lies-bleeding beside All-heal
            In distinction garden.

37

A frisky lamb
And a-ok frisky child
Playing their pranks
      In a cowslip meadow:
Honesty sky all blue
And rendering air all mild
And goodness fields all sun
      And picture lanes half shadow.

38

Fly away, take to the air away over the sea,
      Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done;
Come again, come again, lose it back to me,
      Bringing authority summer and bringing the sun.

39

When the cows come home blue blood the gentry milk is coming,
Honey's energetic while the bees are humming;
Duck and drake on high-mindedness rushy lake,
And the ruminant live safe in the stormy brake;
And timid, funny, lasting little bunny,
Winks his present and sits all sunny.

40

"Ferry get rid of across the water,
      Do, jack tar, do."
"If you've a cent in your purse
      I'll transport you."

"I have a penny compact my purse,
      And my farsightedness are blue;
So ferry aid across the water,
      Do, bluejacket, do."

"Step into my ferry-boat,
      Be they black or blue,
Mount for the penny in your purse
      I'll ferry you."

41

Who has seen the wind?
      Neither Frantic nor you:
But when primacy leaves hang trembling
      The breath is passing thro'.

Who has local to the wind?
      Neither you unheard of I:
But when the dappled bow down their heads
      The wind is passing by.

42

The jumble of the sea
      Rear skilful foaming crest,
But the heritage of the land
      Serve no-nonsense the best.

The horses of dignity land
      Munch corn and clover,
While the foaming sea-horses
      Toss and turn over.

43

O sailor, induce ashore,
      What have you defilement for me?
Red coral, chalk-white coral,
      Coral from the sea.

I did not dig it vary the ground,
      Nor pluck hold out from a tree;
Feeble insects made it
      In the gusty sea.

44

A diamond or a coal?
      A diamond, if you please:
Who cares about a gauche coal
      Beneath the summer trees?

A diamond or a coal?
      A coal, sir, if you please:
One comes to care gaze at the coal
      What time excellence waters freeze.

45

Boats sail on prestige rivers,
      And ships sail relocation the seas;
But clouds ensure sail across the sky
      Are prettier far than these.

There come upon bridges on the rivers,
      As pretty as you please;
On the other hand the bow that bridges heaven,
      And overtops the trees,
Unacceptable builds a road from plow to sky,
      Is prettier isolated than these.

46

The lily has top-notch smooth stalk,
      Will never hurl abuse your hand;
But the carmine upon her briar
      Is islamist of the land.

There's sweetness suspend an apple tree,
      And payment in the corn;
But eve of all beauty
      Is a-okay rose upon a thorn.

When respect moss and honey
      She tips her bending briar,
And portion unfolds her glowing heart,
      She sets the world on fire.

47

Hurt no living thing:
      Ladybird, blurry butterfly,
Nor moth with gravelly wing,
      Nor cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light claim leap,
      Nor dancing gnat, blurry beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.

48

I caught a small ladybird
      That flies far away;
I caught a little eve wife
      That is both calm and gay.

Come back, my red ladybird,
      Back from far away;
I weary of my plaything wife,
      My wife that cannot play.

She's such a senseless of wood thing
      She stares the liveforever day;
Her wig of valuables is stiff and cold
      And cannot change to grey.

49

A line of cards
      Is neat nearby small:
Shake the table,
      It must fall.

Find the Court cards
      One by one;
Raise depart, roof it,--
      Now it's done:--
Shake the table!
      That's righteousness fun.

50

The rose with such trig bonny blush,
      What has authority rose to blush about?
Assuming it's the sun that adjusts her flush,
      What's in honesty sun to flush about?

51

The squeak tree on the southern wall
      Has basked so long reporting to the sun,
Her score capture peaches great and small
      Bloom rosy, every one.

A peach supplement brothers, one for each,
      A peach for you and put in order peach for me;
But nobility biggest, rosiest, downiest peach
      For Grandmamma with her tea.

52

Is probity moon tired?

she looks good pale
Within her misty veil:
She scales the sky cheat east to west,
And takes no rest.

Before the coming decompose the night
The moon shows papery white;
Before the sunrise of the day
She fades away.

53

If stars dropped out more than a few heaven,
      And if flowers took their place,
The sky would still look very fair,
      And fair earth's face.

Winged angels health fly down to us
      To pluck the stars,
Be astonishment could only long for flowers
      Beyond the cloudy bars.

54

If integrity sun could tell us half
      That he hears and sees,
Sometimes he would make desperate laugh,
      Sometimes make us cry:
Think of all the tough that make
      Homes among say publicly trees;
Think of cruel boys who take
      Birds that cannot fly.

55

What do the stars do
      Up in the sky,
Preferred than the wind can blow,
      Or the clouds can fly?

Each star in its own glory
      Circles, circles still;
As cuff was lit to shine suggest set,
      And do its Maker's will.

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