Living
Hurt no living thing
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing,
Nor cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Hurt no living thing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/166/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Hurt no living thing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/166/.
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