Living
A toadstool comes up in a night,—
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
A toadstool comes up in a night,—
Learn the lesson, little folk:—
An oak grows on a hundred years,
But then it is an oak.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “A toadstool comes up in a night,—.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/61/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “A toadstool comes up in a night,—.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/61/.
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