The peach tree on the southern wall
Has basked so long beneath the sun,
Her score of peaches great and small
Bloom rosy, every one.
A peach for brothers, one for each,
A peach for you and a peach for me;
But the biggest, rosiest, downiest peach
For Grandmamma with her tea.
More verses by Christina Georgina Rossetti
- A Chilly Night
- What Does The Donkey Bray About?
- What Are Heavy? Sea-Sand And Sorrow
- The Wind Has Such A Rainy Sound
- Venus's Looking-Glass