But Lizzie never eats the fruit, causing the merchants in anger to smear it over her body, and so Laura is saved.
The tragic story of Jeanie's nigh-addiction spurs Lizzie to try and keep her sister Laura from eating fruits like 'pellucid grapes' and 'bloom-down- cheeked peaches.' But Laura submits to the temptation of the merchants who call 'Come buy, come buy,' paying for it with a lock of her hair. But Lizzie never eats the fruit, causing the merchants in anger to smear it over her body, and so Laura is saved. This is the plot - FTP - of which poem by Christina Rossetti?
The tragic story of Jeanie's nigh-addiction spurs Lizzie to try and keep her sister Laura from eating fruits like 'pellucid grapes' and 'bloom-down- cheeked peaches.'
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