“From perfect grief there need not be
Wisdom or even memory;
One thing then learned remains to me —
The woodspurge has a cup of three.”

— Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Woodspurge http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/roset03.html#3, st. 4 (1870).

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English poet, illustrator, painter and translator 1828–1882

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“From perfect grief there need not beWisdom or even memory;One thing then learned remains to me —The woodspurge has a cup of three.”

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“From perfect grief there need not be
Wisdom or even memory;
One thing then learned remains to me —
The woodspurge has a cup of three.”