Relationships
A Helpmeet for Him
From A Pageant and Other Poems (1881)
Relationships
Woman was made for man's delight,--
Charm, O woman! Be not afraid!
His shadow by day, his moon by night,
Woman was made.
Her strength with weakness is overlaid;
Meek compliances veil her might;
Him she stays, by whom she is stayed.
World-wide champion of truth and right,
Hope in gloom, and in danger aid,
Tender and faithful, ruddy and white,
Woman was made.
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Rossetti, Christina. “A Helpmeet for Him.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/420/.
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Rossetti, Christina. “A Helpmeet for Him.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/420/.
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