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Christina Rossetti was a prominent Victorian-era British poet known for her profound emotional depth and religious themes. Her poetry has had a lasting impact on subsequent generations.

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All Heart Poetry Ifs Spring Earth My Heart Rose Bird Flower Fruit Love Is Remember Tree World Death Dream Joy May Men Song

Famous Christina Rossetti Quotes

“Hope is like a harebell, trembling from its birth,Love is like a rose, the joy of all the earth,Faith is like a lily, lifted high and white,Love is like a lovely rose, the world's delight.Harebells and sweet lilies show a thornless growth,But the rose with all its thorns excels them both.”

World Shows Earth Joy Growth White Love Is Sweet Birth Rose Delight Lovely Thorns Lilies Trembling Love Is Like

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

“Rest, rest at the heart's core . . . till joy shall overtake.”

Heart Joy Core

Book:Christina Rossetti

Source: Christina Rossetti

“Love loves for ever, And finds a sort of joy in pain, And gives with nought to take again, And loves too well to end in vain: Is the gain small then? Love laughs at "never", Outlives our life, exceeds the span Appointed to mere mortal man: All which love is and does and can Is all in all then.”

Men Giving Wells Doe Ends Pain Joy Love Is Laughing Our Lives Gains And Love Mere Mortals Vain Exceed Mere Mortals

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

“Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.”

“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.”

Way Should Eye Joy Beauty Youth Bitter Vanity Pleasant Covered Bitterness Her Eyes Gave Up Nun Bitter Truth Covered Up

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

“Love is like a rose, the joy of all the earth.”

Earth Joy Love Is Rose Memorable Love Is Like

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

“For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope.”

Heart Hands Joy Lying Hope My Heart Band Bounds Strain Scope

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

About the Author

Born: December 5, 1830
Died: December 29, 1894
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 131

Books & Sources

Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)Related source material

Poems and proseRelated source material

The Complete PoemsRelated source material

Christina RossettiRelated source material

Goblin Market and Other PoemsRelated source material

Rossetti: PoemsRelated source material

Selected Poems of Christina RossettiRelated source material

Selected poemsRelated source material

The poetical works: With memoir and notes &cRelated source material

Goblin Market - Illustrated by Arthur RackhamRelated source material

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