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Josephine Dodge Daskam: The Prince

The PrinceJosephine Dodge DaskamMy heart it was a cup of gold That at his lip did long to lie, But he hath drunk the red wine down, And tossed the goblet by.My heart it was a floating bird…

Christina Rossetti: A Triad

A TriadSonnetThree sang of love together: one with lips Crimson, with cheeks and bosom in a glow, Flushed to the yellow hair and finger-tips; And one there sang who soft and smooth as…

Christina Rossetti: Amen

AmenIt is over. What is over? Nay, now much is over truly!— Harvest days we toiled to sow for; Now the sheaves are gathered newly, Now the wheat is garnered duly.It is finished. What is…

Christina Rossetti: Autumn Violets

Autumn VioletsNovember 1868Keep love for youth, and violets for the spring: Of if these bloom when worn-out autumn grieves, Let them lie hid in double shade of leaves, Their own, and others…

Christina Rossetti: Gone for Ever

Gone for EverO happy rose-bud blooming Upon thy parent tree, Nay, thou art too presuming; For soon the earth entombing Thy faded charms shall be, And the chill damp consuming.O happy…

Christina Rossetti: Three Seasons

Three Seasons 'A cup for hope!' she said, In springtime ere the bloom was old: The crimson wine was poor and cold By her mouth's richer red. 'A cup for love!' how low, How soft the words…

Amy Lowell: The Fruit Garden Path

The Fruit Garden PathThe path runs straight between the flowering rows, A moonlit path, hemmed in by beds of bloom, Where phlox and marigolds dispute for room With tall, red dahlias and the…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: Song

With a Flower Loyalty Song Summer for thee grant I may be When summer days are flown! Thy music still when whippoorwill And oriole are done! For thee to bloom, I'll skip the…