English Poetry. Christina Georgina Rossetti. Baby Lies So Fast Asleep. Кристина Джорджина Россетти.

Christina Georgina Rossetti (Кристина Джорджина Россетти)

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Baby lies so fast asleep
That we cannot wake her:
Will the angels clad in white
Fly from heaven to take her?
Baby lies so fast asleep
That no pain can grieve her;
Put a snowdrop in her hand,
Kiss her once and leave her. 

Christina Georgina Rossetti’s other poems:

1. Repining
2. A Testimony
3. Maiden May
4. Twice
5. The Convent Threshold

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