Religion
Endure bareness
From Verses (1893)
Religion
A cold wind stirs the blackthorn
To burgeon and to blow,
Besprinkling half-green hedges
With flakes and sprays of snow.
Thro’ coldness and thro’ keenness,
Dear hearts, take comfort so:
Somewhere or other doubtless
These make the blackthorn blow.
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Codex Note
Verses (1893), section: Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims.
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Rossetti, Christina. “Endure bareness.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/825/.
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Rossetti, Christina. “Endure bareness.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/825/.
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