Nature
What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Nature
What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow:
What are brief? to-day and to-morrow:
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth
What are deep? the ocean and truth.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/52/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/52/.
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