Living
On the grassy banks
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
On the grassy banks
Lambkins at their pranks;
Woolly sisters, woolly brothers
Jumping off their feet
While their woolly mothers
Watch by them and bleat.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “On the grassy banks.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/38/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “On the grassy banks.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/38/.
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