VII

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of A Child's Grave at Florence

We could not wish her whiter,.. Her

      Who perfumed with pure blossom

The house!—a lovely thing to wear

      Upon a mother's bosom!

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