Love
Love's Name
From New Poems (1896)
Love
Love hath a name of Death
He gives a breath
And takes away.
Lo we, beneath his sway,
Grow like a flower;
To bloom an hour,
To droop a day.
And fade away.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Love's Name.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/524/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Love's Name.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/524/.
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