Living
Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk
White as swansdown and smooth as silk,
Fresh as dew and pure as snow:
For I know where the cowslips blow,
And you shall have a cowslip wreath
No sweeter scented than your breath.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/37/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Brownie, Brownie, let down your milk.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/37/.
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