Death & Dying

Within the Veil

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Miscellaneous Poems (1848–69)

Death & Dying

She holds a lily in her hand,
Where long ranks of Angels stand,
A silver lily for her wand.

All her hair falls sweeping down;
Her hair that is a golden brown,
A crown beneath her golden crown.

Blooms a rose-bush at her knee,
Good to smell and good to see:
It bears a rose for her, for me;

Her rose a blossom richly grown,
My rose a bud not fully blown,
But sure one day to be mine own.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “Within the Veil.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/346/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “Within the Veil.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/346/.

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