The Poetical Works of Christina G. Rossetti, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1902 |
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... dropped a tear more rare than pearl , Then sucked their fruit globes fair or red : Sweeter than honey from the rock , Stronger than man - rejoicing wine , Clearer than water flowed that juice ; She never tasted such before , How should ...
... dropped a tear more rare than pearl , Then sucked their fruit globes fair or red : Sweeter than honey from the rock , Stronger than man - rejoicing wine , Clearer than water flowed that juice ; She never tasted such before , How should ...
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... Dropping like rain After long sultry drouth ; Shaking with aguish fear , and pain , She kissed and kissed her with a hungry mouth . Her lips began to scorch , That juice was wormwood to her tongue , She loathed the feast : Writhing as ...
... Dropping like rain After long sultry drouth ; Shaking with aguish fear , and pain , She kissed and kissed her with a hungry mouth . Her lips began to scorch , That juice was wormwood to her tongue , She loathed the feast : Writhing as ...
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... died at the apples ' dropping , When the grasshopper comes to trouble , And the wheat - fields are sodden stubble , And all winds go sighing For sweet things dying . A So CONFLUENTS S rivers seek the sea , my 30 A DIRGE .
... died at the apples ' dropping , When the grasshopper comes to trouble , And the wheat - fields are sodden stubble , And all winds go sighing For sweet things dying . A So CONFLUENTS S rivers seek the sea , my 30 A DIRGE .
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... Drop down thine evening dew To gather it anew When day is bright : I fancy thou wast meant Chiefly to give delight . Sing in the silent sky , Glad soaring bird ; Sing out thy notes on high To sunbeam straying by Or passing cloud ...
... Drop down thine evening dew To gather it anew When day is bright : I fancy thou wast meant Chiefly to give delight . Sing in the silent sky , Glad soaring bird ; Sing out thy notes on high To sunbeam straying by Or passing cloud ...
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... drop of water for my soul Or cordial in the searching cold ; Cast in the fire the perished thing , Melt and remould it , till it be A royal cup for Him my King : O Jesus , drink of me ! TH ADVENT . HIS Advent moon shines cold and clear ...
... drop of water for my soul Or cordial in the searching cold ; Cast in the fire the perished thing , Melt and remould it , till it be A royal cup for Him my King : O Jesus , drink of me ! TH ADVENT . HIS Advent moon shines cold and clear ...
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Page 77 - Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss that inn.
Page 77 - Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for when the slow, dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face?
Page 38 - Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterwards remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had...
Page 51 - O dream how sweet, too sweet, too bitter sweet, Whose wakening should have been in Paradise, Where souls brim-full of love abide and meet; Where thirsting longing eyes Watch the slow door That opening, letting in, lets out no more. Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live My very life again...
Page 67 - When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet: And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget.
Page 14 - At twilight, halted by the brook: And for the first time in her life Began to listen and look. Laughed every goblin When they spied her peeping: Came towards her hobbling, Flying, running, leaping, Puffing and blowing, Chuckling, clapping, crowing, Clucking and gobbling, Mopping and mowing...
Page 137 - Too late for love, too late for joy, Too late, too late ! You loitered on the road too long, You trifled at the gate : The enchanted dove upon her branch Died without a mate ; The enchanted princess in her tower Slept, died, behind the grate ; Her heart was starving all this while You made it wait.
Page 96 - But through the night, a beast she grins at me, A very monster void of love and prayer. By day she stands a lie : by night she stands, In all the naked horror of the truth, With pushing horns and clawed and clutching hands. Is this...
Page 5 - One had a cat's face, One whisked a tail, One tramped at a rat's pace, One crawled like a snail, One like a wombat prowled obtuse and furry, One like a ratel tumbled hurry-scurry.
Page 25 - Through sleep, as through a veil, She sees the sky look pale, And hears the nightingale That sadly sings. Rest, rest, a perfect rest Shed over brow and breast; Her face is toward the west, The purple land. She cannot see the grain Ripening on hill and plain; She cannot feel the rain Upon her hand. Rest, rest...