Rossetti Poetry Tracing Paper

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Name:_________________________________________ Poetry/Penmanship

Date: ___/___/___

\WINTER RAIN.

by Christina Rossetti

Every valley drinks,

Every dell and hollow:

Where the kind rain sinks and sinks,

Green of !rin" will follow.

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#et a la!se of weeks

$%ds will b%rst their ed"es,

tri! their wool&'oats, "l%e&'oats,

streaks,

In the woods and hed"es(


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Weave a bower of love

)or birds to *eet ea'h other,

Weave a 'ano!y above

Nest and e"" and *other.

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$%t for fattenin" rain

We sho%ld have no flowers,

Never a b%d or leaf a"ain

$%t for soakin" showers(


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\Never a *ated bird

In the ro'kin" tree&to!s,

Never indeed a flo'k or herd

To "ra+e %!on the lea&'ro!s.

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a*bs so woolly white,

hee! the s%n&bri"ht leas on,

They 'o%ld have no "rass to bite

$%t for rain in season.


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We sho%ld find no *oss

In the shadiest !la'es,

)ind no wavin" *eadow&"rass

-ied with broad&eyed daisies(

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$%t *iles of barren sand,

With never a son or da%"hter,

Not a lily on the land,

r lily on the water.


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Date: ___/___/___

-RING.

)rost&lo'ked all the winter,

eeds, and roots, and stones of

fr%its,

What shall *ake their sa! as'end

That they *ay !%t forth shoots/Date: ___/___/___

Ti!s of tender "reen,

eaf, or blade, or sheath(

Tellin" of the hidden life

That breaks forth %nderneath,

ife n%rsed in its "rave by


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0eath..


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There is no ti*e like !rin",

When life1s alive in everythin",

$efore new nestlin"s sin",

$efore 'left swallows s!eed their

2o%rney ba'k

Alon" the tra'kless tra'k,&&Date: ___/___/___

God "%ides their win",3e s!reads their table that they nothin"

la'k,&&

$efore the daisy "rows a 'o**on flower,$efore the s%n has !ower

To s'or'h the world %! in his noontide


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ho%r.


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Date: ___/___/___

There is no ti*e like !rin",

ike !rin" that !asses by(

There is no life like !rin"&life born

to die,&&

-ier'in" the sod,

Clothin" the %n'o%th 'lod,Date: ___/___/___

3at'hed in the nest,)led"ed on the windy bo%"h,

tron" on the win":

There is no ti*e like !rin" that !assesby,

Now newly born, and now


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3astenin" to die.


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Date: ___/___/___

\ A #EAR1 WIN0)A.

n the wind of 4an%ary

0own flits the snow,

Travellin" fro* the fro+en North

As 'old as it 'an blow.Date: ___/___/___

\-oor robin redbreast,

ook where he 'o*es(

et hi* in to feel yo%r fire,

And toss hi* of yo%r 'r%*bs.


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\n the wind in )ebr%ary

now&flakes float still,

3alf in'lined to t%rn to rain,

Ni!!in", dri!!in", 'hill.Date: ___/___/___

Then the thaws swell the strea*s,

And swollen rivers swell the sea:&&

If the winter ever ends

3ow !leasant it will be.


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Date: ___/___/___

\In the wind of windy 5ar'h

The 'atkins dro! down,

C%rly, 'ater!illar&like,

C%rio%s "reen and brown.Date: ___/___/___

With 'on'o%rse of nest&b%ildin" birds

And leaf&b%ds by the way,

We be"in to think of flowers

And life and n%ts so*e day.


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\With the "%sts of A!ril

Ri'h fr%it&tree blosso*s fall,

n the hed"ed&in or'hard&"reen,

)ro* the so%thern wall.Date: ___/___/___

\A!!le&trees and !ear&trees

hed !etals white or !ink,

\-l%*&trees and !ea'h&trees(

While shar! showers sink and sink.


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\ittle brin"s the 5ay bree+e

\$eside !%re s'ent of flowers,

While all thin"s wa6 and nothin"

wanes

\In len"thenin" dayli"ht ho%rs.Date: ___/___/___

\A'ross the hya'inth beds

The wind la"s war* and sweet,

A'ross the hawthorn to!s,

A'ross the blades of wheat.


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\\\In the wind of s%nny 4%ne

Thrives the red rose 'ro!,

Every day fresh blosso*s blow

While the first leaves dro!(Date: ___/___/___

\\\\White rose and yellow rose

And *oss&rose 'hoi'e to find,

And the 'otta"e 'abba"e&rose

Not one whit behind.


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Date: ___/___/___

\\ n the blast of s'or'hed 4%ly

0rives the !eltin" hail,

)ro* th%ndero%s li"htnin"&'lo%ds,

that blot

$l%e heaven "rown l%rid&!ale.Date: ___/___/___

\ Weedy waves are tossed ashore,

ea&thin"s stran"e to si"ht

Gas! %!on the barren shore

And fade away in li"ht.


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\In the !ar'hin" A%"%st wind,

Cornfields bow the head,

heltered in ro%nd valley de!ths,

n low hills o%ts!read.Date: ___/___/___

\Early leaves dro! loiterin" down

Wei"htless on the bree+e,

)irst&fr%its of the year1s de'ay

)ro* the witherin" trees.


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\In stron" blast of 'tober

At the e7%ino6,

tirred %! in his hollow bed

$road o'ean ro'ks(Date: ___/___/___

\ -l%n"e the shi!s on his boso*,

ea!s and !l%n"es the foa*,&&

It1s for *others1sons at sea,

That they were safe at ho*e8


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\In sla'k wind of Nove*ber

The fo" for*s and shifts(

All the world 'o*es o%t a"ain

When the fo" lifts.Date: ___/___/___

\oosened fro* their sa!less twi"s

eaves dro! with every "%st(

0riftin", r%stlin", o%t of si"ht

In the da*! or d%st.


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\ast of all, 0e'e*ber,

The year1s sands nearly r%n,

!eeds on the shortest day,

C%rtails the s%n(Date: ___/___/___

\With its bleak raw wind

ays the last leaves low,

$rin"s ba'k the ni"htly frosts,

$rin"s ba'k the snow.


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Date: ___/___/___

\CNI0ER.

Consider

The lilies of the field whose bloo* is

brief:&&

We are as they(

ike the* we fade away,

As doth a leaf.Date: ___/___/___

\Consider

The s!arrows of the air of s*all a''o%nt:

%r God doth view

Whether they fall or *o%nt,&&

3e "%ards %s too.


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\Consider

The lilies that do neither s!in nor toil,

#et are *ost fair:&&

What !rofits all this 'are

And all this 'oil/Date: ___/___/___

\Consider

The birds that have no barn norharvest&weeks(

God "ives the* food:&&

5%'h *ore o%r )ather seeksTo do %s "ood.


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\955ER.

Winter is 'old&hearted,

!rin" is yea and nay,

A%t%*n is a weather'o'k

$lown every way: %**er days for *e

When every leaf is on its tree(


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Date: ___/___/___

\$efore "reen a!!les bl%sh,

$efore "reen n%ts e*brown,

Why, one day in the 'o%ntry

Is worth a *onth in town(

Is worth a day and a year

f the d%sty, *%sty, la"&last

fashion That days drone elsewhere.


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Date: ___/___/___

$IR0 R $EAT/

0id any bird 'o*e flyin"

After Ada* and Eve,

When the door was sh%t a"ainst

the*

And they sat down to "rieve/Date: ___/___/___

\I think not Eve1s !ea'o'k

!lendid to see,

And I think not Ada*1s ea"le(

$%t a dove *ay be.


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\0id any beast 'o*e !%shin"

Thro%"h the thorny hed"e

Into the thorny, thistly world

%t fro* Eden1s ed"e/Date: ___/___/___

\ I think not a lion,

Tho%"h his stren"th is s%'h(

$%t an inno'ent lovin" la*b

5ay have done as *%'h.


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\If the dove !rea'hed fro* her bo%"h

And the la*b fro* his sod,

The la*b and the dove

Were !rea'hers sent fro* God.


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EE.

;While I sit at the door,

i'k to "a+e within,

5ine eye wee!eth sore )or sorrow and sin:

As a tree *y sin stands

To darken all lands( 0eath is the fr%it it bore.


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;3ow have Eden bowers "rown

Witho%t Ada* to bend the*8

3ow have Eden flowers blown,

7%anderin" their sweet breath,

Witho%t *e to tend the*8Date: ___/___/___

The Tree of ife was o%rs,

Tree twelvefold&fr%ited,

5ost lofty tree that flowers,

5ost dee!ly rooted:

I 'hose the Tree of 0eath.


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3adst tho% b%t said *e nay,

Ada*, *y brother,

I *i"ht have !ined away(

I, b%t none other:

God *i"ht have let thee stay

afe in o%r "arden,

$y !%ttin" *e away $eyond all !ardon.


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;I, Eve, sad *other

f all who *%st live,

I, not another,

-l%'ked bitterest fr%it to "ive

5y friend, h%sband, lover.Date: ___/___/___

wanton eyes r%n over8

Who b%t I sho%ld "rieve/&&

Cain hath slain his brother:

f all who *%st die *other,

5iserable Eve8;


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Date: ___/___/___

Th%s she sat wee!in",

Th%s Eve, o%r *other,

Where one lay slee!in"

lain by his brother.Date: ___/___/___

Greatest and least

Ea'h !iteo%s beast

To hear her voi'e

)or"ot his 2oys

And set aside his feast.


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Date: ___/___/___

The *o%se !a%sed in his walk

And dro!!ed his wheaten stalk(

Grave 'attle wa""ed their heads

In r%*ination(Date: ___/___/___

The ea"le "ave a 'ry

)ro* his 'lo%d station(

arks on thy*e beds

)orbore to *o%nt or sin"(


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Date: ___/___/___

$ees droo!ed %!on the win"(

The raven !er'hed on hi"h

)or"ot his ration(Date: ___/___/___

The 'onies in their ro'k, A feeble nation,


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The kind hart1s tears were fallin"(

Chattered the wistf%l stork(

0ove&voi'es with a dyin" fall

Cooed desolation,

Answerin" "rief by "rief.Date: ___/___/___

nly the ser!ent in the d%st,

Wri""lin" and 'rawlin",

Grinned an evil "rin, and thr%st

3is ton"%e o%t with its fork.


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Date: ___/___/___

\A C3I.

What 'an la*bkins do

All the keen ni"ht thro%"h/

Nestle by their woolly *other,

The 'aref%l ewe.Date: ___/___/___

What 'an nestlin"s do

In the ni"htly dew/

lee! beneath their *other1s win"

Till day breaks anew.Date: ___/___/___

If in field or tree There *i"ht only be

%'h a war* soft slee!in"&!la'e


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)o%nd for *e8


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We1d have o%r 'han"e of ho!e and fear,

*all 7%arrels, re'on'ile*ents sweet:

I1d !er'h by yo% to 'hir! and 'heer,

r ho! abo%t on a'tive feet

And fet'h yo% dainty bits to eat.Date: ___/___/___

We1d be so ha!!y by the day,

o safe and ha!!y thro%"h the ni"ht,

We both sho%ld feel, and I sho%ld say,

It1s all one season of deli"ht,

And we1ll *ake *erry whilst we *ay.


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-erha!s so*e day there1d be an e""

When s!rin" had blosso*ed fro* the

snow:

I1d stand tri%*!hant on one le"(

ike 'hanti'leer I1d al*ost 'rowTo let o%r little nei"hbors know.

Date: ___/___/___

Ne6t yo% sho%ld sit and I wo%ld sin"

Thro%"h len"thenin" days of s%nny

s!rin":

Till, if yo% wearied of the task,

I1d sit( and yo% sho%ld s!read yo%r

win"

)ro* bo%"h to bo%"h( I1d sit and bask.


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)an'y the breakin" of the shell,

The 'hir!, the 'hi'kens wet and

bare,

The %ntried !ro%d !aternal swell(

And yo% with ho%sewife&*atron airEna'tin" 'hoi'er bills of fare.

Date: ___/___/___

)an'y the e*bryo 'oats of down,

The "rad%al feathers soft and sleek(

Till 'lothed and stron" fro* tail to

'rown,

With vir"in warblin"s in their beak,

They too "o forth to soar and seek.


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Date: ___/___/___

o wo%ld it last an A!ril thro%"h

And early s%**er fresh with dew:

Then sho%ld we !art and live as

twain,

ove&ti*e wo%ld brin" *e ba'k to

yo%

And b%ild o%r ha!!y nest a"ain.


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A GREEN CRN)IE0.

;And sin"in" still dost soar, and soarin"

ever sin"est.;

The earth was "reen, the sky was bl%e:

I saw and heard one s%nny *orn A skylark han" between the two,

A sin"in" s!e'k above the 'orn(Date: ___/___/___

A sta"e below, in "ay a''ord,

White b%tterflies dan'ed on the win",

And still the sin"in" skylark soared

And silent sank, and soared to sin".


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Date: ___/___/___

The 'ornfield stret'hed a tender "reen

To ri"ht and left beside *y walks(

I knew he had a nest %nseen

o*ewhere a*on" the *illion

stalks:Date: ___/___/___

And as I !a%sed to hear his son"

While swift the s%nny *o*ents

slid,

-erha!s his *ate sat listenin" lon",

And listened lon"er than I did.


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Date: ___/___/___

\EN91 =ING&GA.

I *arked where lovely en%s and her 'o%rt

With son" and dan'e and *erry la%"h

went by(

Wei"htless, their win"less feet see*ed *adeto fly,

$o%nd fro* the "ro%nd and in *id air to

s!ort.Date: ___/___/___

eft far behind I heard the dol!hins snort,

Tra'kin" their "oddess with a wistf%l eye,

Aro%nd whose head white doves rose,wheelin" hi"h

r low, and 'ooed after their tender sort.


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\All this I saw in s!rin". Thro%"h

s%**er heat

I saw the lovely

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