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Christina Rossetti: 'The Love of Christ Which Passeth Knowledge'
'The Love of Christ Which Passeth Knowledge'I bore with thee long weary days and nights, Through many pangs of heart, through many tears; I bore with thee, thy hardness, coldness, slights…Christina Rossetti: The Offering of the New Law, the One Oblation Once Offered
The Offering of the New Law, the One Oblation Once Offered1863Once I thought to sit so high In the Palace of the sky; Now, I thank God for His Grace, If I may fill the lowest place.Once I…Christina Rossetti: 'They Desire a Better Country'
'They Desire a Better Country'March 1869II would not if I could undo my past, Tho' for its sake my future is a blank; My past, for which I have myself to thank, For all its faults and…Christina Rossetti: Who Shall Deliver Me?
Who Shall Deliver Me?Feb. 1866God strengthen me to bear myself; That heaviest weight of all to bear, Inalienable weight of care.All others are outside myself, I lock my door and bar them out…Maria Christina, 1858–1929, queen of Spain
(Encyclopedia) Maria ChristinaMaria Christinamärēˈä krēstēˈnä [key], 1858–1929, queen of Spain, consort of Alfonso XII. An Austrian archduchess, she was married to Alfonso in 1879. After his death,…Poetry
Rodin's The Thinker was conceived as part of his Gates of Hell, representing the poet Dante in the Inferno.Poetry is arguably the oldest written art form that we have records of, dating back…Maria Christina, 1806–78, queen of Spain
(Encyclopedia) Maria ChristinaMaria Christinamärēˈä krēstēˈnä [key], 1806–78, queen of Spain, daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies. The fourth wife of Ferdinand VII, she persuaded him to confirm…Stead, Christina
(Encyclopedia) Stead, Christina, 1902–83, Australian novelist, b. Rockdale, New South Wales. She worked in the United States in the 1940s, emigrated to England in 1953, then returned to Australia in…Burne-Jones, Sir Edward
(Encyclopedia) Burne-Jones, Sir Edward, 1833–98. English painter and decorator, b. Birmingham. Expected to enter the Church, he went to Exeter College, Oxford, where he met William Morris, who became…Cino da Pistoia
(Encyclopedia) Cino da PistoiaCino da Pistoiachēˈnō dä pēstôˈyä [key], 1270–1337?, Italian jurist and poet, whose full name was Guittoncino dei Sinibaldi, or Sighibuldi. A friend of Dante and…Trending
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