Living
Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed,
Silken soft as may be;
Cool white curtains round about my bed,
For I am but a baby.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/208/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Crimson curtains round my mother’s bed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/208/.
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