Christina Rossetti Quotes

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.
Christina Rossetti

Friend, Down, Weather

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Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.
Christina Rossetti

Love, Shall, Mine

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Rossetti

Smile, Sad, Forget

Obedience is the fruit of faith.
Christina Rossetti

Faith, Fruit, Obedience

And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying.
Christina Rossetti

Sweet, Dying, Winds

I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on.
Christina Rossetti

Dream, Might, Wake

I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, 'Where? What?' and turn away.
Christina Rossetti

Eyes, Away, Show

My heart is like a singing bird.
Christina Rossetti

Heart, Bird, Singing

Silence is more musical than any song.
Christina Rossetti

Silence, Song, Musical

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.
Christina Rossetti

Down, Wind, Seen

Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.
Christina Rossetti

Hope, Birth, Trembling

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.
Christina Rossetti

Beauty, Hope, Truth

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: December 5, 1830

Died: December 29, 1894

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