Famous quotes containing the words christina georgina rossetti, georgina rossetti, christina georgina, georgina and/or rossetti:
“And all the winds go sighing,
For sweet things dying.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“Morning and evening
Maids heard the goblins cry:
‘Come buy our orchard fruits,
Come buy, come buy:”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“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,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“I might show facts as plain as day:
But, since your eyes are blind, you’d say,
“Where? What?” and turn away.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“Spin and die,
To live again as butterfly.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)