<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=355932" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Dirge</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why were you born when the snow was falling? <br>You should have come to the cuckoo's calling <br>Or when grapes are green in the cluster, <br>Or, at least, when lithe swallows muster <br>For their far off flying <br>From summer dying. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Why did you die when the lambs were cropping? <br>You should have died at the apples' dropping, <br>When the grasshopper comes to trouble, <br>And the wheat-fields are sodden stubble, <br>And all winds go sighing <br>For sweet things dying.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Christina+Georgina+Rossetti">Christina Georgina Rossetti</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=355932" data-title="A Dirge de Christina Georgina Rossetti" data-description="Why were you born when the snow was falling? You should have come to the cuckoo's calling Or when grapes are green in the cluster, Or, at least, when lithe swallows muster For their far off flying From summer dying. Why did you die when th..."></div> </div> </div>

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