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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti

Endure Hardness

A cold wind stirs the blackthorn
To burgeon and to blow,
Besprinkling half—green hedges
With flakes and sprays of snow.
 
Through coldness and through keenness,
Dear hearts, take comfort so:
Somewhere or other doubtless
These make the blackthorn blow.

#English #Victorians #Women #XIXCentury

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