Christina Georgina Rossetti's Poetry, by popularity

• Give Me Holly

  But give me holly, bold and jolly,
  Honest, prickly, shining holly;

  3 lines
• Brownie, Brownie, Let Down Your Milk

  Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk
  White as swansdown and smooth as silk,

  7 lines
• There Is But One May In The Year,

  There is but one May in the year,
  And sometimes May is wet and cold;

  9 lines
• The Offering Of The New Law, The One Oblation Once Offered

  Once I thought to sit so high
  In the Palace of the sky;

  37 lines
• Minnie Bakes Oaten Cakes

  Minnie bakes oaten cakes,
  Minnie brews ale,

  9 lines
• O Sailor, Come Ashore

  O sailor, come ashore,
  What have you brought for me?

  9 lines
• Lady Maggie

  You must not call me Maggie, you must not call me Dear,
  For I'm Lady of the Manor now stately to see;

  49 lines
• Three Plum Buns

  Three plum buns
  To eat here at the stile

  9 lines
• Memory

  I
  I nursed it in my bosom while it lived,

  39 lines
• Heartsease In My Garden Bed

  Heartsease in my garden bed,
  With sweetwilliam white and red,

  8 lines
• Pussy Has A Whiskered Face

  Pussy has a whiskered face,
  Kitty has such pretty ways;

  5 lines
• In The Meadow - What In The Meadow?

  In the meadow - what in the meadow?
  Bluebells, buttercups, meadowsweet,

  9 lines
• The Lily Has A Smooth Stalk

  The lily has a smooth stalk,
  Will never hurt your hand;

  13 lines
• O Lady Moon

  O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the east:
  Shine, be increased;

  5 lines
• Noble Sisters

  'Now did you mark a falcon,
  Sister dear, sister dear,

  61 lines
• Long Barren

  Thou who didst hang upon a barren tree,
  My God, for me;

  16 lines
• Death’s Chill Between

  Chide not; let me breathe a little,
  For I shall not mourn him long;

  43 lines
• Heart’s Chill Between

  I did not chide him, though I knew
  That he was false to me.

  49 lines
• They Desire A Better Country

  I
  I would not if I could undo my past,

  46 lines
• Playing At Bob Cherry

  Playing at bob cherry
  Tom and Nell and Hugh:

  13 lines
• Our Little Baby Fell Asleep

  Our little baby fell asleep,
  And may not wake again

  7 lines
• On The Grassy Banks

  On the grassy banks
  Lambkins at their pranks;

  7 lines
• Mother Shake The Cherry-Tree

  Mother shake the cherry-tree,
  Susan catch a cherry;

  9 lines
• Currants On A Bush

  Currants on a bush,
  And figs upon a stem,

  5 lines
• I Have A Poll Parrot

  I have a Poll parrot,
  And Poll is my doll,

  9 lines
• An End

  Love, strong as Death, is dead.
  Come, let us make his bed

  21 lines
• Song IV

  Oh roses for the flush of youth,
  And laurel for the perfect prime;

  9 lines
• Wife To Husband

  Pardon the faults in me,
  For the love of years ago:

  31 lines
• Song III

  She sat and sang alway
  By the green margin of a stream,

  13 lines
• From House To House

  The first was like a dream through summer heat,
  The second like a tedious numbing swoon,

  229 lines

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