British - Poet | December 5, 1830 - December 29, 1894
I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on.
Christina Rossetti
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My heart is like a singing bird.
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For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.
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Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.
WorkNeverYesAnythingLeftThan
Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.
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Silence is more musical than any song.
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Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.
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Obedience is the fruit of faith.
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Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by.
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Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad.
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And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying.
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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.
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