Love

On Albina

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From New Poems (1896)

Love

The roses lingered in her cheeks
When fair Albina fainted;
O gentle reader, could it be
That fair Albina painted?

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “On Albina.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/544/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “On Albina.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/544/.

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