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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

“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.”

Men Made Air Lessons Humble Shade Scent Violet Fragrance Heed

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)

“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)

“We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?”

Knows Men Looks Roots Fruit Hungry Soil Feds Thirsty Goblin

Book:Goblin Market and Other Poems

Source: Goblin Market and Other Poems

“She cried, "Laura," up the garden, "Did you miss me? Come and kiss me. Never mind my bruises, Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices Squeezed from goblin fruits for you, Goblin pulp and goblin dew. Eat me, drink me, love me; Laura, make much of me; For your sake I have braved the glen And had to do with goblin merchant men.”

Men Mind Missing Drink Kissing Garden Fruit Sake Hug Cried Juice Dew Merchants Kiss Me Bruises Pulp Laura Goblin Miss Me Hug Me You Miss Me

Book:Goblin Market - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Source: Goblin Market - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

“What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb. If I were a Wise Man I would do my part. Yet what can I give Him? I give Him my heart.”

Ifs Men Giving Heart Poor Wise My Heart Christmas Lambs Shepherds Christmas Day Christmas Joy Christmas Giving Midwinter

Book:Poems and prose

Source: Poems and prose

“A man is ever apt to contemplate himself out of all proportion to his surroundings.”

Men Self Proportion Contemplating Surroundings

Book:Poems and prose

Source: Poems and prose

“For one man is my world of all the men this wide world holds; O love, my world is you.”

Men World Love He Man Wide One Man

Book:Poems and prose

Source: Poems and prose

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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