Famous quotes containing the word rossetti:
“Ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do.
If youve a penny in your purse
Ill ferry you.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)
“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 heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)
“What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow;
What are brief? Today and tomorrow;
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth;
What are deep? The ocean and truth.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)