383. A Birthday by Christina Georgina Rossetti
b"CG Rossetti read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nA Birthday by Christina Rossetti\\nby Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 \\u2013 1894)\\n\\nMy heart is like a singing bird \\nWhose nest is in a water'd shoot; \\nMy heart is like an apple-tree \\nWhose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; \\nMy heart is like a rainbow shell \\nThat paddles in a halcyon sea; \\nMy heart is gladder than all these, \\nBecause my love is come to me. \\n\\nRaise me a da\\xefs of silk and down; \\nHang it with vair and purple dyes; \\nCarve it in doves and pomegranates, \\nAnd peacocks with a hundred eyes; \\nWork it in gold and silver grapes, \\nIn leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys; \\nBecause the birthday of my life \\nIs come, my love is come to me. \\n\\n\\nFirst aired: 21 December 2007\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"