Christina Georgina Rossetti
1830–1894
Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) was an English poet, born in London to an Italian family of writers and artists; her brother was the painter-poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A devout Anglican, she wrote religious verse, love poetry and poems for children.
Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) made her name; its title poem is a vivid, much-debated fable of temptation and sisterly love. “Remember”, “Song (When I am dead, my dearest)”, “Up-Hill” and “A Birthday” are among her best-known lyrics, and her “In the Bleak Midwinter” is sung as a Christmas carol.
Best-known poems
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In the Bleak Midwinter
1. In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, … -
The Three Enemies
The Flesh
“sweet, thou art pale.”
“More pale to see, … -
Uphill
Does the road wind uphill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day's journey take the whole long day? … -
Up Hill
Does the road wind up hill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? … -
Twice
I TOOK my heart in my hand
(O my love, O my love),
I said: Let me fall or stand, … -
A Birthday
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
My heart is like an apple-tree …
All poems (23)
- A BirthdayMy heart is like a singing bird
- AloofThe irresponsive silence of the land,
- Bride SongToo late for love, too late for joy,
- EchoCome to me in the silence of the night;
- Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/"A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break"I will accept thy will to do and be,
- Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/A Better ResurrectionI have no wit, no words, no tears;
- Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/A BirthdayMy heart is like a singing bird
- Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/An Apple GatheringI plucked pink blossoms from mine apple-tree
- Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/Another SpringIf I might see another Spring
- Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/At HomeWhen I was dead, my spirit turned
- Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)/The Convent ThresholdThere's blood between us, love, my love,
- In the Bleak Midwinter1. In the bleak mid-winter
- Is it Well with the Child?Safe where I cannot die yet,
- Marvel of MarvelsMarvel of marvels, if I myself shall behold
- Passing AwayPassing away, saith the World, passing away:
- RememberRemember me when I am gone away,
- RestO earth, lie heavily upon her eyes;
- The Milking-MaidThe Year stood at its equinox,
- The Three EnemiesThe Flesh
- TwiceI TOOK my heart in my hand
- Up HillDoes the road wind up hill all the way?
- UphillDoes the road wind uphill all the way?
- “It is finished”Dear Lord, let me recount to Thee
