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VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1879 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: MOTHER MINE / WHOM EVERY YEAR
Last Line: GIVES YOU A KISS.
Subject(s): KISSES; MOTHERS; SINGING & SINGERS; SPRING;
Mother mine
Whom every year
Doth endear,
Before sweet Spring
(That sweetest thing
Brimfull of bliss)
Sets all the throng
Of birds a-wooing
Billing & cooing, --
Your Valentine
Sings you a song,
Gives you a kiss.



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