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Boats sail on the rivers
And ships sail on the seas,
But clouds that sail across the sky.
Are far prettier than these.
There are bridges on the rivers
As pretty as you please,
But the bow that bridges heaven
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky
Is far prettier than these.
–Christina Rossetti
Boats
on the rivers
And ships sail on the seas,
But clouds that sail across the sky.
Are far
than these.
There are bridges on the rivers
As pretty as you please,
But the
that
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky
Is far prettier than these.
sail
prettier
bow
bridges heaven
–Christina Rossetti
English – 1 # 72
English – 1 # 72
Boats Sail On The Rivers
This poem is composed by ‘Christina Rossetti’. In this poem, the poetess describes the beauty
of rainbow. She represents the rainbow as a bridge from earth to sky.
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About The Poem
Sail
Prettier
Bow
Bridge
Heaven
= to move across the surface of a sea, river, lake, etc.;
=more
beautiful;
= rainbow (in this poem);
= road, railway or path that
goes over a river or another road;
= the place where God is believed
to live.
WORD MEANINGS
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