Mythology & Folklore
Father and Lover
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.
Cite this poem
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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