Mythology & Folklore

Father and Lover

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From New Poems (1896)

Mythology & Folklore

Father
If underneath the water
You comb your golden hair
With a golden comb, my daughter,

Oh would that I were there!
If underneath the wave
You fill a slimy grave,
Would that I, who could not save,
Might share.

Lover
If my love Hero queens it

In summer Fairyland,
What would I be
But the ring on her hand?
Her cheek when she leans it
Would lean on me:--
Or sweet, bitter-sweet,
The flower that she wore
When we parted, to meet
On the hither shore
Any more? never more.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “Father and Lover.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/504/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “Father and Lover.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/504/.

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