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The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti

A variorum edition: Edited, with textual notes and introductions, by R. W. Crump

Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894)

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I Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)

IN THE ROUND TOWER AT JHANSI, JUNE 8, 1857.

LOVE FROM THE NORTH.

THE LAMBS OF GRASMERE, 1860.

THE HOUR AND THE GHOST.

AN APPLE-GATHERING.

WINTER: MY SECRET.

ANOTHER SPRING.

A PEAL OF BELLS.

“NO, THANK YOU, JOHN.”

A PAUSE OF THOUGHT.

WIFE TO HUSBAND.

DEAD BEFORE DEATH.

BITTER FOR SWEET.

THE FIRST SPRING DAY.

THE CONVENT THRESHOLD.

“THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE.”

“A BRUISED REED SHALL HE NOT BREAK.”

A BETTER RESURRECTION.

THE THREE ENEMIES.

CHRISTIAN AND JEW. A DIALOGUE.

“CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE FIELD.”

FROM HOUSE TO HOME.

OLD AND NEW YEAR DITTIES.

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II The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (1866)

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III Poems Added in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (1875)

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[Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth]

Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth,
Love is like a rose the joy of all the earth;
Faith is like a lily lifted high and white,
Love is like a lovely rose the world's delight;
Harebells and sweet lilies show a thornless growth,
But the rose with all its thorns excels them both.