Religion

We bloom among the blooming flowers

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Verses (1893)

Religion

We bloom among the blooming flowers,
We sing among the singing birds;
Wisdom we have who wanted words:
Here morning knows not evening hours,
All’s rainbow here without the showers.

And softer than our Mother’s breast,
And closer than our Mother’s arm,
Is here the Love that keeps us warm
And broods above our happy nest.
Dear Mothers, come: for Heaven is best.

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Verses (1893), section: Some Feasts and Fasts / Holy Innocents.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “We bloom among the blooming flowers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/653/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “We bloom among the blooming flowers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/653/.

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