The violets whisper from the shade Which their own leaves have made: Men scent our fragrance on the air, Yet take no heed Of humble lessons we would read.
Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep. - Christina Rossetti
Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep.
- Christina Rossetti
The city mouse lives in a house, The garden mouse lives in a bower - Christina Rossetti
The city mouse lives in a house, The garden mouse lives in a bower
I watched a rose-bud very long Brought on by dew and sun and shower, Waiting to see the perfect flower: Then when I thought it should be strong It op… - Christina Rossetti
I watched a rose-bud very long Brought on by dew and sun and shower, Waiting to see the perfect flower: Then when I thought it should be strong It op…
Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground. - Christina Rossetti
Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground.
Why does the sea moan evermore? Shut out from heaven it makes its moan, It frets against the boundary shore; All earth's full rivers cannot fill The … - Christina Rossetti
Why does the sea moan evermore? Shut out from heaven it makes its moan, It frets against the boundary shore; All earth's full rivers cannot fill The …
Spring's an expansive time: yet I don't trust March with its peck of dust, Nor April with its rainbow-crowned brief showers, Nor even May, whose flow… - Christina Rossetti
Spring's an expansive time: yet I don't trust March with its peck of dust, Nor April with its rainbow-crowned brief showers, Nor even May, whose flow…
The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back. - Christina Rossetti
The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back.
Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. - Christina Rossetti
Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.
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 … - Christina Rossetti
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 …
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