April 27, 2021

'There’s sweetness in an apple tree, / And profit in the corn': Christina Rossetti on the beauty of the rose (May)

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From my Black & White Photographs: roses in formal garden (above)

Poem of the Month
Image of the Month

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Poem of the Month

Christina G. Rossetti (1830–94)
from A Nursery Rhyme Book

The lily has a smooth stalk,
Will never hurt your hand;
But the rose upon her briar
Is lady of the land.
There’s sweetness in an apple tree,
And profit in the corn;
But lady of all beauty
Is a rose upon a thorn.
When with moss and honey
She tips her bending briar,
And half unfolds her glowing heart,
She sets the world on fire.

Image of the Month

John William Waterhouse, The Soul of the Rose or My Sweet Rose, 1908

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