Living
Elder the pithy
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
Elder the pithy
With old-man and sage,
These are my councillors
Green in old age;
Lords-and-ladies in silence
Stand round me and wait,
While gay ragged-robin
Makes bows at my gate.
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Elder the pithy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/113/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Elder the pithy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/113/.
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