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FOUR CHARADES: 3 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW MANY AUTHORS ARE MY FIRST
Last Line: AND HER A GODDESS BORE.
Subject(s): AUTHORS AND AUTHORSHIP;

How many authors are my first!
And I shall be so too
Unless I finish speedily
That which I have to do.

My second is a lofty tree
And a delicious fruit;
This in the hot-house flourishes --
That amid rocks takes root.

My whole is an immortal queen
Renowned in classic lore:
Her a god won without her will,
And her a goddess bore.



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