Nature

Eleanor

by Mary E. Coleridge 1861–1907

From Poems (1908)

Nature

Plant not the lily here!
No lily lies below.
The crimson rose to her was dear,
And the summer of the year,
Not the snow.

Sing no lament!
She loved a merry song.
For her the birds were sent.
To her the humming of the golden bees,
And the murmur of trees
Shall belong.

MLA

Coleridge, Mary E. “Eleanor.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/46/.

Chicago

Coleridge, Mary E. “Eleanor.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/46/.

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