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15 Boats Sail On The Rivers

About The Poem

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.

Boats sail on the rivers
Boats sail on the rivers
And ships sail on the seas,
And ships sail on the seas,
But clouds that sail across the sky.
But clouds that sail across the sky.
than these.
Are far prettier
Are far prettier than these.
There are bridges on the rivers
There are bridges on the rivers
As pretty as you please,
As pretty as you please,
But the bow that bridges heaven
But the bow
that bridges heaven
And overtops the trees,
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky
And builds a road from earth to sky
Is far prettier than these.
Is far prettier than these.
–Christina Rossetti
–Christina Rossetti

WORD MEANINGS

Sail = to move across the surface of a sea, river, lake, etc.; Prettier =more
beautiful; Bow = rainbow (in this poem); Bridge = road, railway or path that
goes over a river or another road; Heaven = the place where God is believed

to live.

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