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O Sailor, Come Ashore

Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830 (London) – 1894 (London)

O sailor, come ashore,
What have you brought for me?
Red coral, white coral,
Coral from the sea.
I did not dig it from the ground,
Nor pluck it from a tree;
Feeble insects made it
In the stormy sea.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCBDBEB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 206
Words 42
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote various romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", set by Harold Darke and by other composers. more…

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