The Poetical Works of Christina Georgina RossettiMacmillan, 1904 - 507 pages |
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... hast foreknown the End 17 The Goal in sight ! Look up and sing • B. 33 143 B. 144 B. 1886 144 B. 144 B. 1893 144 B. " " 144 B. " 3 145 B. 1886 145 171. Looking back along Life's Trodden Way . B. 145 ( Close of Songs for Strangers and ...
... hast foreknown the End 17 The Goal in sight ! Look up and sing • B. 33 143 B. 144 B. 1886 144 B. 144 B. 1893 144 B. " " 144 B. " 3 145 B. 1886 145 171. Looking back along Life's Trodden Way . B. 145 ( Close of Songs for Strangers and ...
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... hast Thou so loved us , and will not we 377. As the Dove which found no Rest 378. Thou art fairer than the Children of Men . 379. As the Apple - tree among the Trees of the Wood ' 380. None other Lamb , none other Name 381. Thy Friend ...
... hast Thou so loved us , and will not we 377. As the Dove which found no Rest 378. Thou art fairer than the Children of Men . 379. As the Apple - tree among the Trees of the Wood ' 380. None other Lamb , none other Name 381. Thy Friend ...
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... hast reached my feet ; Rise and cover up my head ; Be my stainless winding - sheet , Buried before I am dead . Lay thy cool upon my breast : Once I thought that joy was best , Now I only care for rest . By the grating of my cell Sings a ...
... hast reached my feet ; Rise and cover up my head ; Be my stainless winding - sheet , Buried before I am dead . Lay thy cool upon my breast : Once I thought that joy was best , Now I only care for rest . By the grating of my cell Sings a ...
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... hast laid Upon us , and our feebleness unstayed Except Thou stay us : for the long long race Which stretches far and far before our face Thou knowest , remember Thou whereof we are made . If making makes us Thine then Thine we are , And ...
... hast laid Upon us , and our feebleness unstayed Except Thou stay us : for the long long race Which stretches far and far before our face Thou knowest , remember Thou whereof we are made . If making makes us Thine then Thine we are , And ...
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... hast ransomed Star Sirius and the Pole Star dwell And the King's. And charm the willing heart from out my breast . 6 We lack , yet cannot fix upon the lack : Not this , nor that ; yet somewhat , certainly . We see the things we do not ...
... hast ransomed Star Sirius and the Pole Star dwell And the King's. And charm the willing heart from out my breast . 6 We lack , yet cannot fix upon the lack : Not this , nor that ; yet somewhat , certainly . We see the things we do not ...
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Page 453 - For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Page xiii - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Page lxviii - Whose grapes are so luscious; How warm the wind must blow Through those fruit bushes." "No," said Lizzie: "No, no, no: Their offers should not charm us, Their evil gifts would harm us.
Page 459 - AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Page 461 - But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 325 - My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a watered shoot: My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit; My IK.II [ is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me.
Page 428 - WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND?" WHO has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
Page lxxi - In sullen silence of exceeding pain. She never caught again the goblin cry: 'Come buy, come buy;' — She never spied the goblin men Hawking their fruits along the glen: But when the noon waxed bright Her hair grew thin and grey; She dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn To swift decay and burn Her fire away.
Page lxvii - Pricking up her golden head: We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?' 'Come buy,' call the goblins Hobbling down the glen. *Oh,' cried Lizzie. 'Laura, Laura, You should not peep at goblin men.
Page 284 - REMEMBER me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go, yet turning stay. Remember me when no more, day by day, You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray.