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Poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti


The Wombat


OH how the family affections combat
Within this heart, and each hour flings a bomb at
My burning soul! Neither from owl nor from bat
Can peace be gained until I clasp my wombat. 



Dante Gabriel Rossetti


Dante Gabriel Rossetti's other poems:
  1. The House of Life. Sonnet 90. «Retro Me, Sathana!»
  2. Johannes Ronge
  3. At Issue
  4. Ashore at Dover
  5. To Thomas Woolner


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