And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying.
Christina Rossetti
Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.
Christina Rossetti
Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti
For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
Christina Rossetti
Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth.
Christina Rossetti
I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on...
Christina Rossetti
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.
Christina Rossetti
Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.
Christina Rossetti
My heart is like a singing bird.
Christina Rossetti
Obedience is the fruit of faith.
Christina Rossetti
She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.
Christina Rossetti
Silence is more musical than any song.
Christina Rossetti
To strengthen whilst one stands.
Christina Rossetti
Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.
Christina Rossetti
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Type:
Poet
Date of Birth:
1830-12-05
Year of Death:
1894
Nationality:
British |