Lyric Poem · Nature
Spring Quiet
Gone were but the Winter,
Come were but the Spring,
I would go to a covert
Where the birds sing;
Where in the whitethorn
Singeth a thrush,
And a robin sings
In the holly-bush.
Full of fresh scents
Are the budding boughs
Arching high over
A cool green house:
Full of sweet scents,
And whispering air
Which sayeth softly:
"We spread no snare;
"Here dwell in safety,
Here dwell alone,
With a clear stream
And a mossy stone.
"Here the sun shineth
Most shadily;
Here is heard an echo
Of the far sea,
Though far off it be."
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“Spring Quiet” by Christina Rossetti — quilloak.com/poems/spring-quiet
Quick facts
- Poem
- Spring Quiet
- Poet
- Christina Rossetti
- Length
- 25 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Spring, Winter
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 25 lines · 6 stanzas of 4–5 lines
- Line length
- Lines run 4-6 syllables (median 5). No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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- Author record
- Christina Rossetti1830–1894
- Source record
- PoetryDBSpring Quiet by christina-rossetti, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 b686dcebc257fca4…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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