The Woodpurge
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The Woodpurge by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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His sister was Christina Rossetti (A Birthday) that you’ve probably already read about. He’s another interesting one and is known as one of the founders of an art movement called the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. Long story short: this group believed in art being full of intense colours, emotions and...
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The wind flapped loose, the wind was still,
Shaken out dead from tree and hill:
I had walked on at the wind’s will, –
I sat now, for the wind was still.
Between my knees my forehead was, –
My lips, drawn in said not Alas!
My hair was over in the grass,
My naked ears heard the day pass.
My eyes, wide open, had the run
Of some ten weeds to fix upon;
Among those few, out of the sun,
The woodspurge flowered, three cups in one.
From perfect grief there need not be
Wisdom or even memory:
One thing then learnt remains to me, –
The woodspurge has a cup of three.
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Dante-gabriel-rossetti released The Woodpurge on Thu Jan 01 1835.