Christina Rossetti Quotes - Page 5

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• Fair as the moon and joyful as the light; Tot wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim; Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright; Not as she is, but as she fills his dreams.

  Christina Rossetti

  Dream, Moon, Light

  Christina Rossetti, “In An Artist's Studio”

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• All earth's full rivers can not fillThe sea that drinking thirsteth still.

  Christina Rossetti

  Drinking, Sea, Rivers

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.1293, Delphi Classics

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• The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble lessons we would read.

  Christina Rossetti

  Humble, Men, Air

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.26, Delphi Classics

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• Why one day in the country Is worth a month in town; Is worth a day and a year Of the dusty, musty, lag-last fashion That days drone elsewhere.

  Christina Rossetti

  Country, Fashion, Years

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.186, Delphi Classics

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• I watched a rose-bud very long
  Brought on by dew and sun and shower,
  Waiting to see the perfect flower:
  Then when I thought it should be strong
  It opened at the matin hour
  And fell at even-song.

  Christina Rossetti

  Song, Strong, Flower

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.1677, Delphi Classics

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• Ah me, but where are now the songs I sang When life was sweet because you call’d them sweet?

  Christina Rossetti

  Song, Sweet

  Christina Georgina Rossetti, “Monna Innominata: A Sonnet Of Sonnets”

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