Famous quotes containing the words christina georgina rossetti, georgina rossetti, christina georgina, christina, georgina and/or rossetti:
“And all the winds go sighing,
For sweet things dying.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“Until the morning of Eternity
Her rest shall not begin nor end, but be;
And when she wakes she will not think it long.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)
“She gave up beauty in her tender youth,
Gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways;
She covered up her eyes lest they should gaze
On vanity, and chose the bitter truth.”
—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)
“Spin and die,
To live again as butterfly.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)