Christina Rossetti Quotes

1830-1894, British Poet, Lyricist
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“Obedience is the fruit of faith.”
Dedication
“Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...”
Hope
“And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying.”
Death and Dying
“Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.”
Love
“I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on...”
Dreams
“For one man is my world of all the men this wide world holds; O love, my world is you.”
World
“Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.”
VerifiedWho Has Seen the Wind?, st. 2 (1872). · evidenceWind
“I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, ''Where? What?'' and turn away.”
Facts
“Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.”
VerifiedSong, st. 1 (1862). · evidenceDeath and Dying
“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.”
Nuns
“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.”
VerifiedGoblin Market, st. 28 (1862). · evidenceFamily