Living
A diamond or a coal?
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
A diamond or a coal?
A coal, sir, if you please:
One comes to care about the coal
What time the waters freeze.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “A diamond or a coal?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/158/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “A diamond or a coal?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/158/.
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