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Christina Rossetti: Mother Country
Mother CountryMarch 1868.Oh what is that country And where can it be, Not mine own country, But dearer far to me? Yet mine own country, If I one day may see Its spices and cedars, Its…Christina Rossetti: My Dream
My DreamHear now a curious dream I dreamed last night Each word whereof is weighed and sifted truth. I stood beside Euphrates while it swelled Like overflowing Jordan in its youth: It waxed…Christina Rossetti: My Friend
My FriendDec. 1864Two days ago with dancing glancing hair, With living lips and eyes: Now pale, dumb, blind, she lies; So pale, yet still so fair.We have not left her yet, not yet alone…Christina Rossetti: My Secret
My SecretI tell my secret? No indeed, not I: Perhaps some day, who knows? But not to-day; it froze, and blows, and snows, And you're too curious: fie! You want to hear it? well: Only, my…Christina Rossetti: Noble Sisters
Noble Sisters'Now did you mark a falcon, Sister dear, sister dear, Flying toward my window In the morning cool and clear? With jingling bells about her neck, But what beneath her wing?…Christina Rossetti: One Day
One DayI will tell you when they met: In the limpid days of Spring; Elder boughs were budding yet, Oaken boughs looked wintry still, But primrose and veined violet In the mossful turf were…Christina Rossetti: Paradise: in a Dream
Paradise: in a Dream1865Once in a dream I saw the flowers That bud and bloom in Paradise; More fair they are than waking eyes Have seen in all this world of ours. And faint the perfume-…Christina Rossetti: Paradise: In a Symbol
Paradise: In a Symbol1865Golden-winged, silver-winged, Winged with flashing flame, Such a flight of birds I saw, Birds without a name: Singing songs in their own tongue (Song of songs)…Christina Rossetti: Shall I Forget?
Shall I Forget?Shall I forget on this side of the grave? I promise nothing: you must wait and see Patient and brave. (O my soul, watch with him and he with me.)Shall I forget in peace of…Christina Rossetti: Shut Out
Shut OutThe door was shut. I looked between Its iron bars; and saw it lie, My garden, mine, beneath the sky, Pied with all flowers bedewed and green:From bough to bough the song-birds…Trending
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