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AS THE APPLE TREE AMONG THE TREES OF THE WOOD by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS ONE RED ROSE IN A GARDEN WHERE ALL OTHER ROSES ARE WHITE
Last Line: CHIEF AND CENTRE OF ALL, IN FELLOWSHIP YET ALONE.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;
As one red rose in a garden where all other roses are white
Blossoms alone in its glory, crowned all alone
In a solitude of own sweetness and fragrance of own delight,
With loveliness not another's and thorns its own;
As one ruddy sun amid million orbs comely and colourless,
Among all others, above all others is known;
As it were alone in the garden, alone in the heavenly place,
Chief and centre of all, in fellowship yet alone.



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