Living
Boats sail on the rivers
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Boats sail on the rivers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/161/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Boats sail on the rivers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/161/.
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