(A FEW IN PRINT ALSO), BUT NOT USED IN THE PRESENT EDITION, NOR IN THE NEW POEMS PRINTED IN 1896.

4. The Water-spirit's Song (an extract from this appears in Mr. Mac

42. What Sappho would have said, had her leap cured instead of killing her 43. Ten Bouts-rimés Sonnets

1848-49

They begin with the following lines :-(1) Listen, and I will tell you
of a face; (2) Strange voices sing among the planets which; (3)
From early dawn until the flush of noon; (4) Surely there is an
aching void within; (5) The spring is come again, not as at first;
(6) You who look on past ages as a glass; (7) Who shall my wander-
ing thoughts steady and fix; (8) Along the highroad the way is too
long; (9) O thou who tell'st me that all hope is over; (10) O glorious
sea that in each climbing wave.

44. Sonnet (Some say that love and joy are one, and so)

1849

45. The Last Complaint

46. Have you Forgotten?

47. A Year Afterwards.

48. A Dream (Oh for my love, my only love)

1851

49. Song (I have loved you for long long years, Ellen)

1852

C. SOME LEADING THEMES, OR KEY-NOTES OF FEELING,

IN THE POEMS OF CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

1. Personal Experiences and Emotions.-From House to Home-A Pageant (p. 54) Monna Innominata-An Old-World Thicket (p. 65)-Later Life, Nos. 4. 12, 17, 21, 22, 27-Lines to my Grandfather-Wishes-I do set my Bow in the Cloud-Death is swallowed up in Victory-Two Pursuits-Afterward he repented, and went-Can I know it? Nay--Doeth well, . . . doeth better-Balm in Gilead--Thou knewest, thou oughtest therefore-Bury Hope out of sight-A Churchyard Song of Patient Hope-Old and New Year Ditties-A Better Resurrection-The Heart knoweth its own Bitterness (when all the over-work of life)—Our mothers, lovely women pitiful-For Henrietta Polydore-Ash-Wednesday (Jesus, do I love Thee?)--The offering of the New Law-For a Mercy received-Come unto MeWho shall deliver me?-A Rose Plant in Jericho-Weigh all my Faults and Follies righteously Lord, grant me grace to love Thee in my pain-Lord, make me one with thine own faithful ones--Three Stages-Looking Forward-Shut out-Downcast -Introspective-Memory-L. E. L.-Twilight Night-What would I giveA Sketch-Shall I forget?-En Route-Italia io ti Saluto-An Immurata SisterBy Way of Remembrance-Cor Mio (Still sometimes in my secret heart of hearts) --Meeting (I said good-bye in hope)-They desire a Better Country (I would not if I could undo my past)-Confluents-Valentines to my Mother- Parted-The Key-note-Yet a Little While (I dreamed and did not seek: to-day I seek)-One Seaside Grave-My Mouse-Il Rosseggiar dell' Oriente.

2. Death. Later Life, Nos. 26, 27--The Dead Bride-Night and DeathSong (The stream moaneth as it floweth)-Death is swallowed up in VictorySweet Death-Laughing Life cries at the Feast-Sooner or later, yet at last—God is our Hope and Strength-Song (When I am dead, my dearest)-Dream LandAfter Death-Rest-Looking Forward-Life Hidden-Remember-Sound Sleep— Two Thoughts of Death-A Pause-Long looked for The Last Look-A Peal of Bells-My Friend-At Home-Yet a Little While-Better so- Life and DeathSongs in a Cornfield (p. 370)—An Immurata Sister-Of my Life—Days of Vanity -Mirrors of Life and Death.

3. The Aspiration for Rest.-The Lotus-eaters-Sonnet from the PsalmsThere remaineth therefore a Rest (In the grave will be no space)-There remaineth therefore a Rest for the People of God (Rest remains when all is done)-A Burden -In Patience-Weary in Well-doing-All Saints, Martyrs-Love loveth thee and Wisdom loveth thee-Three Stages, No. 3-Dream Land-Rest-Sound Sleep— From the Antique (The wind shall lull us yet)-Yet a Little While-To-day's Burden-Sleeping at Last-What will it be?

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4. Vanity of Vanities.-The Lowest Room (p. 19)—One Certainty--A Testimony--Vanity of Vanities (Of all the downfalls in the world)-Sleep at Sea-Mother Country-Saints and Angels-If thou sayest, Behold we knew it not, No. 3—A Vain Shadow-Vanity of Vanities (Ah! woe is me for pleasure that is vain)— Maiden May-Soeur Louise de la Miséricorde-Il Rosseggiar dell' Oriente, No. 20.

5. Love of Animals.-Goblin Market (p. 2)-From House to Home (p. 21)-A Pageant (pp. 48 to 50)—An Old-World Thicket-All Thy Works praise Thee, O Lord (p. 71)—Later Life, No. 20-These all wait upon Thee-Twilight Calm -To what purpose is this Waste?-My Dream (Hear now a curious dream I dreamed last night)--The Lambs of Grasmere-A Chill-Summer (Winter is coldhearted) Bird or Beast-Eve-A Green Cornfield-Bird Raptures-Valentines to my Mother, 1885-Mirrors of Life and Death-Freaks of Fashion-A Frog's Fate --Brother Bruin-Child's Talk in April-Winter (Sweet blackbird is silenced with chaffinch and thrush)-Minnie and Mattie-Hopping Frog, hop here and be seen -When the Cows come home the milk is coming-Hurt no Living Thing-A poor old Dog-Mole and Earthworm.

6. Winter.-Later Life, No. 19-Bitter for Sweet-Seasons (In Springtime when the leaves are young)-Seasons (Crocuses and snowdrops wither)-Winter Rain-Seasons (Oh the cheerful budding-time)—A Year's Windfalls—What's in a name?—There is a budding morrow in Midnight-Winter (Sweet blackbird, etc.).

7. The Loveliness of the Rose.-Three Nuns (p. 15)-Gone for ever-The Solitary Rose--As the Apple-tree among the Trees of the Wood-A Rose Plant in Jericho Have Patience-Queen Rose-Three Moments-A Year's WindfallsMaiden May-Brandons both-An October Garden-Summer is Ended-To my Fior-di-Lisa Hope is like a Harebell trembling from its Birth-The Lily has a smooth Stalk.

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MEMOIR

GABRIELE ROSSETTI and his wife Frances Mary Lavinia (Polidori), marrying in April 1826, had four children. They were: Maria Francesca, born 17 February 1827; Gabriel Charles Dante (better known as Dante Gabriel), 12 May 1828; William Michael, 25 September 1829; and Christina Georgina, 5 December 1830. These were all born at No. 38 Charlotte Street, Portland Place, London. Christina, like the other children, was baptized in the Church of England. Her two godmothers were Lady Dudley Stuart, originally the Princess Christine Bonaparte, a daughter of Lucian, and of course niece of the great Napoleon-Rossetti being well known to several members of this world-famous family; and Miss Georgina Macgregor, a daughter of Sir Patrick Macgregor, and pupil of Mrs. Rossetti, who had before marriage been a governess in that house. In my Memoir of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, published along with his Family Letters in 1895, I have given various particulars about our father Gabriele Rossetti, and a few about our mother. I shall not repeat them here, beyond what is necessary for my immediate purpose. Gabriele Rossetti was a native of Vasto in the Abruzzi, kingdom of Naples, born February 1783. His origin was quite undistinguished, his father being a blacksmith and locksmith, and his maternal grandfather a shoemaker; he had however, I believe, some hereditary connection with a family of more position, named Della Guardia, and either in the Rossetti or in the Della Guardia line of a previous period there had been some sort of local literary note. Gabriele Rossetti showed an early aptitude for drawing, and also for verse. He went towards 1803 to Naples, and held for a short time the official post of librettist to the Operatic Theatre of San Carlo, and for a much longer term that of custodian of Ancient Bronzes in the Naples Museum. He published in Naples some of his poetical compositions, but was more especially known and admired as an improvisatore. In 1820 he adhered to the movement, started by a military uprising, for obtaining a Constitution for the kingdom of Naples. The Bourbon king, Ferdinand I., granted and swore to the Constitution; and then rapidly revoked it, and treated its promoters as criminals. In the summer of 1821 Rossetti had