Living
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush,
Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush,—
Weave him a coffin of rush,
Dig him a grave where the soft mosses grow,
Raise him a tombstone of snow.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/12/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/12/.
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