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“For I have hedged me with a thorny hedge, I live alone, I look to die alone: Yet sometimes, when a wind sighs through the sedge, Ghosts of my buried years, and friends come back, My heart goes sighing after swallows flown On sometime summer's unreturning track.”

Quote by Christina Rossetti

Work

The Complete Poems

This volume encompasses a wide array of poems, showcasing the poet's entire body of work, including various styles and themes. more

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Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti

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. more

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