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Christina Rossetti · Goblin Market and Other Poems

Poem 40 of 137 · Book I

Bitter for Sweet

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Summer is gone with all its roses,
Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,
Its warm air and refreshing showers:
And even Autumn closes.

Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,
And winter comes which is yet colder;
Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder,
And the last buds cease blowing.

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