Bird Quote by Christina Rossetti

“It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken.” quote by Christina Rossetti — Download Open image

“It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken.”

Christina Rossetti

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