Living
A motherless soft lambkin
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
A motherless soft lambkin
Alone upon a hill;
No mother’s fleece to shelter him
And wrap him from the cold:—
I’ll run to him and comfort him,
I’ll fetch him, that I will;
I’ll care for him and feed him
Until he’s strong and bold.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “A motherless soft lambkin.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/99/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “A motherless soft lambkin.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/99/.
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