Famous quotes containing the words christina georgina rossetti, georgina rossetti, christina georgina, christina, georgina and/or rossetti:
“The city mouse lives in a house;—
The garden mouse lives in a bower,”
—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 come to me in dreams that I may live
My very life again though cold in death:
Come back to me in dreams, that I may give
Pulse for pulse, breath for breath:
Speak low, lean low,
As long ago, my love, how long ago.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“If there could be such a thing as the Mammon of Righteousness Christina would have assuredly made friends with it.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“I smiled at the speech you spoke,
At your judgement that I heard:
But I have not often smiled
Since then, nor questioned since,
Nor cared for corn-flowers wild,
Nor sung with the singing bird.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)