A Triad by Christina Rossetti

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Three sang of love together: one with lips    Crimson, with cheeks and bosom in a glow, Flushed to the yellow hair and finger tips;    And one there sang who soft and smooth as snow    Bloomed like a tinted hyacinth at a show; And one was blue with famine after love,    Who like a harpstring snapped rang harsh and low The burden of what those were singing of. One shamed herself in love; one temperately    Grew gross in soulless love, a sluggish wife; One famished died for love. Thus two of three    Took death for love and won him after strife; One droned in sweetness like a fattened bee:    All on the threshold, yet all short of life.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "A Triad" was published in Goblin Market and Other Poems (Macmillan and Co., 1862).   Christina Rossetti was born in London on December 5, 1830. Her collections of poetry include The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan and Co., 1866) and Poems (Roberts Bros., 1866). She died on December 29, 1894.   Portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti     Poetry by Rossetti   The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics, 2001)  "If thou must love me... (Sonnet 14)" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning "Bowery Afternoon" by Lola Ridge "Wanting is — What?" by Robert Browning Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. If you enjoy Poem-a-Day, please consider making a donation to help make it possible. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038