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Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894 / London)
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Christina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem Remember, and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.
Early Life and Education
Christina Rossetti was born at 38 Charlotte Street (now 105 Hallam Street), London to Gabriele Rossetti, a poet and a political exile from Vasto, Abruzzo, and Frances Polidori, the sister of Lord Byron's friend and physician, John William Polidori. She had two brothers and a sister: more »
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Popular Poems
- A Baby's Cradle With No Baby In It
- A Better Ressurection
- A Bird’s-Eye View
- A Birthday
- A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break
- A Chill
- A Christmas Carol
- A City Plum Is Not A Plum
- A Daughter of Eve
- A Diamond Or A Coal?
- A Dirge
- A Dream
- A Farm Walk
- A Frisky Lamb
Quotations
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''Gone were but the Winter,
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), British poet. Spring Quiet (l. 1-4). . . The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti. Vol. 1. R. W. Crump, e...
Come were but the Spring,
I would go to a covert
Where the birds sing.''
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''One day in the country
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), British poet, lyricist. Summer.
Is worth a month in town.''
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''Spin and die,
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), British poet. The Caterpillar (Sing-Song) (l. 7-8). . . The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti. Vol. 2....
To live again as butterfly.''
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''Brown and furry
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894), British poet. The Caterpillar (Sing-Song) (l. 1-4). . . The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti. Vol. 2....
Caterpillar in a hurry,
Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk,''
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Good morning! i am one of the people who are interested in your poems, because i just read one of them, by the name of A Baby's Cradle With No Baby In It. I finally obtained my normal body weight, because i obtained a knowledge regarding my body problem. I also write poems in my spare time, hence i would like you to read them, if you find time. Your correspondence will be highly appreciated.
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Christina Rossetti is possibly my favourite poet of all time. I haven't read one that I haven't liked yet. She was so talented!
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