Living
They crushed the eggs so neatly laid
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
“They crushed the eggs so neatly laid;
So now we sit with drooping wing,
And watch the ruin they have made,
Too late to build, too sad to sing.”
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MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “They crushed the eggs so neatly laid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/19/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “They crushed the eggs so neatly laid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/19/.
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