The Poetical Works of Christina Georgina RossettiMacmillan, 1904 - 507 pages |
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... Rest ( and her ideal of bliss appears to have consisted in ultimate rest , only less absolutely than in the promised fruition of heaven ) ; ( 4 ) Vanity of Vanities ; ( 5 ) A Love of Animals , and more especially such animals as are ...
... Rest ( and her ideal of bliss appears to have consisted in ultimate rest , only less absolutely than in the promised fruition of heaven ) ; ( 4 ) Vanity of Vanities ; ( 5 ) A Love of Animals , and more especially such animals as are ...
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... ( Rest , rest ; the troubled breast ) 58. Eleanor 59. Isidora 60. Zara 61. The Novice 62. Immalee . 63. Heart's Chill Between 64. Lady Isabella Year . Pa 1844 1845 8 8 " " 8 C. 1845-47 8 8 1846 8 8 8 9 99 99 91 94 93 93 94 95 95 95 96 ...
... ( Rest , rest ; the troubled breast ) 58. Eleanor 59. Isidora 60. Zara 61. The Novice 62. Immalee . 63. Heart's Chill Between 64. Lady Isabella Year . Pa 1844 1845 8 8 " " 8 C. 1845-47 8 8 1846 8 8 8 9 99 99 91 94 93 93 94 95 95 95 96 ...
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... rest , our blessed Dead 106. Ye that fear Him , both small and great ' . 108. The Sinner's own Fault ? So it was 109. Who cries for earthly Bread tho ' white ! 110. Laughing Life cries at the Feast III . The End is not yet 112. Who ...
... rest , our blessed Dead 106. Ye that fear Him , both small and great ' . 108. The Sinner's own Fault ? So it was 109. Who cries for earthly Bread tho ' white ! 110. Laughing Life cries at the Feast III . The End is not yet 112. Who ...
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... Rest when Thou sheddest Rest 16.8 . O Foolish Soul ! to make thy Count 169. Before the Beginning Thou 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 ...
... Rest when Thou sheddest Rest 16.8 . O Foolish Soul ! to make thy Count 169. Before the Beginning Thou 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 ...
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... Rest to the people of God ( Rest 306. Parting after Parting 307. They put their Trust in Thee and were not confounded B. 1886 200 B. 200 1858-64 200 B. 1886 201 308. Short is Time and only Time is bleak 309. For Each . B. 1893 201 B ...
... Rest to the people of God ( Rest 306. Parting after Parting 307. They put their Trust in Thee and were not confounded B. 1886 200 B. 200 1858-64 200 B. 1886 201 308. Short is Time and only Time is bleak 309. For Each . B. 1893 201 B ...
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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.