Love
To My Fior-di-Lisa
From New Poems (1896)
Love
The Rose is Love's own flower, and Love's no less
The Lily's tenderness.
Then half their dignity must Roses yield
To Lilies of the field?
Nay, diverse notes make up true harmony,
All-fashioned loves agree:
Love wears the Lily's whiteness, and Love glows
In the deep-hearted Rose.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “To My Fior-di-Lisa.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/539/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “To My Fior-di-Lisa.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/539/.
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