The Rainbow

The English poet Christina Rossetti wrote many beautiful poems. One of them is titled The Rainbow. Here it is:

The Rainbow

Boats sail on the rivers,
And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier than these.

There are bridges on the rivers,
As pretty as you please;
But the bow that bridges heaven
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky,
Is prettier far than these.

The poem consists of only two stanzas and ten verses. Christina Rossetti feels that the beauty of clouds that sail across the sky is greater than that of boats and ships that sails on rivers and seas. She also tells the reader that the rainbow which connects heaven and earth is more beautiful than bridges over rivers. The Rainbow is a testament to the beauty of nature.