Living
When the cows come home the milk is coming
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
When the cows come home the milk is coming,
Honey’s made while the bees are humming;
Duck and drake on the rushy lake,
And the deer live safe in the breezy brake;
And timid, funny, brisk little bunny,
Winks his nose and sits all sunny.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “When the cows come home the milk is coming.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/139/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “When the cows come home the milk is coming.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/139/.
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