I cannot tell you how it was                            
But this I know: it came to pass                      
Upon a bright and breezy day                         
When May was young; ah, pleasant May!    
As yet the poppies were not born                  
Between the blades of tender corn            
The last eggs had not hatched as yet        
Nor any bird foregone its mate                    

I cannot tell you what it was                        
But this I know: it did but pass                     
It passed away with sunny May                   
With all sweet things it passed away           
And left me old, and cold, and grey  

prevod IZ ŠOLSKIH ZVEZKOV, 1962

Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 – 1894) je eno osrednjih pesniških imen angleške viktorijanske dobe. Literarna veda jo uvršča ob bok Alfredu Tennnysonu, Robertu Browningu, Elizabeth Barrett Browning in bratu Danteju Gabrielu Rossetiju. Za razliko od njenih pesniških sopotnikov se je zanimanje za njeno poezijo nadaljevalo v 20. stoletju.

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