Christina Rossetti Quotes


O Lord, I cannot plead my love of Thee: I plead Thy love of me: - the shallow conduit hails the unfathomed sea.


Citations

Rossetti, Christina. "O Lord, I cannot plead my love of Thee." Verses, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1893, p. 147.

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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.