Christina Rossetti Quotes


Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.


Citations

Rossetti, Christina. "Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth." Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book, George Routledge and Sons, 1872, p. 111.

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Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti
  • Born: December 5, 1830
  • Died: December 29, 1894
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Poet

Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English poet who wrote romantic, devotional, and children's poems. "Goblin Market" and "Remember" remain famous. She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", also set by Darke and by other composers. She was a sister of the artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and features in several of his paintings.