English Poetry. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The Wombat. Данте Габриэль Россетти.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Данте Габриэль Россетти)

The Wombat

OH how the family affections combat
Within this heart, and each hour flings a bomb at
My burning soul! Neither from owl nor from bat
Can peace be gained until I clasp my wombat. 

Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s other poems:

1. The House of Life. Sonnet 17. Beauty’s Pageant
2. The House of Life. Sonnet 35. The Lamp’s Shrine
3. The House of Life. Sonnet 92. The Sun’s Shame – 1
4. The House of Life. Sonnet 21. Love-Sweetness
5. The House of Life. Sonnet 50. Willowwood – 2

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