The Poetical Works of Christina G. Rossetti ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1900 |
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... heart is my heart's quiet home , To my first Love , my Mother , on whose knee . I learnt love - lore that is not troublesome ; Whose service is my special dignity , And she my loadstar while I go and come . And so because you love me ...
... heart is my heart's quiet home , To my first Love , my Mother , on whose knee . I learnt love - lore that is not troublesome ; Whose service is my special dignity , And she my loadstar while I go and come . And so because you love me ...
Page 31
... aglow ; how can you be Rosy and warm and smiling in the cold ? DECEMBER . Nay , no closed doors for me , But open doors and open hearts and glee To welcome young and old . Dimmest and brightest month am I ; My short days A PAGEANT . 31.
... aglow ; how can you be Rosy and warm and smiling in the cold ? DECEMBER . Nay , no closed doors for me , But open doors and open hearts and glee To welcome young and old . Dimmest and brightest month am I ; My short days A PAGEANT . 31.
Page 45
... and seldom slept . I wept for pity watching them , but more I wept heart - sore Once and again to see Some weary man plunge overboard , and swim To Love or Worm ship floating buoyantly : And there A BALLAD OF BODING . 45.
... and seldom slept . I wept for pity watching them , but more I wept heart - sore Once and again to see Some weary man plunge overboard , and swim To Love or Worm ship floating buoyantly : And there A BALLAD OF BODING . 45.
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... heart's heart , and you who are to me More than myself myself , God be with you , Keep you in strong obedience leal and true To Him whose noble service setteth free , Give you all good we see or can foresee , Make your joys many and ...
... heart's heart , and you who are to me More than myself myself , God be with you , Keep you in strong obedience leal and true To Him whose noble service setteth free , Give you all good we see or can foresee , Make your joys many and ...
Page 61
... heart's a coward though my words are brave We meet so seldom , yet we surely part So often ; there's a problem for your art ! Still I find comfort in his Book , who saith , Though jealousy be cruel as the grave , And death be strong ...
... heart's a coward though my words are brave We meet so seldom , yet we surely part So often ; there's a problem for your art ! Still I find comfort in his Book , who saith , Though jealousy be cruel as the grave , And death be strong ...
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