Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Christina Rossetti Poet

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Dec 5, 1830
  • Died: Dec 29, 1894

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is perhaps best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem Remember, and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.

Obedience is the fruit of faith. faith

Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth. hope

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad. sadness & smile

Love shall be our token love be yours and love be mine. love

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 other thoughts from John Millington Synge

3 other thoughts from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 more quotes from Dave Barry

27 more quotes from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 more views from Winston Churchill

74 more views from Winston Churchill