William Michael Rossetti Poems

Mary rose up, as one in sleep might rise,
And went to meet her brother's Friend: and they
Who tarried with her said: 'she goes to pray
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'The jewels of our father, with washed eyes
Cordelia leaves you. I know you what you are
And, like a sister, am most loth to tell
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I. Noon Rest

Following the river's course,
We come to where the sedges plant
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He gazed her over, from her eyebrows down
Even to her feet: he gazed so with the good
Undoubting faith of fools, much as who should
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The Castle is erect on the hill's top,
To moulder there all day and night: it stands
With the long shadow lying at its foot.
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I. In Spring

The sky is blue here, scarcely with a stain
Of grey for clouds: here the young grasses gain
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