Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect… - Christina Rossetti

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Oh roses for the flush of youth,
And laurel for the perfect prime;
But pluck an ivy branch for me
Grown old before my time.

Christina Rossetti

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Christina Georgina Rossetti (December 5, 1830 – December 29, 1894) was an English poet and the sister of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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Alternative Names: Christina Georgina Rossetti • Christina G. Rossetti • Christina G. • Christina Georgina; Rosetti • Rossetti • Christina (Georgina) Rossetti

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In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land.

Sleeping at last, the trouble and tumult over,
Sleeping at last, the struggle and horror past,
Cold and white, out of sight of friend and of lover,
Sleeping at last.

Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time. - Christina Rossetti

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