Christina Rossetti Quotes

1830–1894, British Poet, Lyricist · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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“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). · evidenceDetails & citeWind
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“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). · evidenceDetails & citeFamily
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“Obedience is the fruit of faith.”
Dedication
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“Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...”
Hope
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“And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying.”
Death and Dying
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“Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.”
Love
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“I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on...”
Dreams
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“For one man is my world of all the men this wide world holds; O love, my world is you.”
World
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“I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, ''Where? What?'' and turn away.”
Facts
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“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
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