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To My Mother
Christina Rossetti
To-day’s your natal day;
Sweet flowers I bring:
Mother, accept, I pray
My offering.
And may you happy live,
And long us bless;
Receiving as you give
Great happiness.
About this poem
“For My Mother” was privately printed by Rossetti’s grandfather, Gaetano Polidori, in 1842.
About Jean Toomer
Christina Rossetti was born in London on Dec. 5, 1830. Her collections of poetry include “Goblin Market and Other Poems” (Macmillan and Co., 1862) and “The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems” (Macmillan and Co., 1862). She died on Dec. 29, 1894.
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This poem is in the public domain. Originally published in Poem-a-Day, www.poets.org. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
