Quotation by Christina Georgina Rossetti

The city mouse eats bread and cheese;—
The garden mouse eats what he can;
We will not grudge him seeds and stocks,
Poor little timid furry man.
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894), British poet. The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse (Sing-Song) (l. 5–8). . .

The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti. Vol. 2. R. W. Crump, ed. (1986) Louisiana State University É Press.
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