Death & Dying
Buried
From New Poems (1896)
Death & Dying
Thou sleepest where the lilies fade,
Thou dwellest where the lilies fade not
Sweet, when thine earthly part decayed
Thy heavenly part decayed not.
Thou dwellest where the roses blow,
The crimson roses bud and blossom:
While on thine eyes is heaped the snow --
The snow upon thy bosom.
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Rossetti, Christina. “Buried.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/470/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Buried.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/470/.
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