Living

January cold desolate

by Christina Rossetti 1830–1894

From Sing-Song (1872/1893)

Living

January cold desolate;
February all dripping wet;
March wind ranges;
April changes;
Birds sing in tune
To flowers of May,
And sunny June
Brings longest day;
In scorched July
The storm-clouds fly
Lightning-torn;
August bears corn,
September fruit;
In rough October
Earth must disrobe her;
Stars fall and shoot
In keen November;
And night is long
And cold is strong
In bleak December.

MLA

Rossetti, Christina. “January cold desolate.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/87/.

Chicago

Rossetti, Christina. “January cold desolate.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/87/.

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