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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 Sing-Song A Nursery Rhyme Book (1872)

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II Poems Added in Sing-Song A Nursery Rhyme Book (1893)

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III A Pageant and Other Poems (1881)

[Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome]

THE MONTHS: A PAGEANT.

“ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!”

MIRRORS OF LIFE AND DEATH.

A BALLAD OF BODING.

YET A LITTLE WHILE.

MONNA INNOMINATA.

“LUSCIOUS AND SORROWFUL.”

GOLDEN GLORIES.

“HOLLOW-SOUNDING AND MYSTERIOUS.”

TOUCHING “NEVER.”

A LIFE'S PARALLELS.

GOLDEN SILENCES.

IN THE WILLOW SHADE.

FLUTTERED WINGS.

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

“ONE FOOT ON SEA, AND ONE ON SHORE.”

BUDS AND BABIES.

FREAKS OF FASHION.

AN OCTOBER GARDEN.

“SUMMER IS ENDED.”

PASSING AND GLASSING.

“I WILL ARISE.”

A PRODIGAL SON.

SOEUR LOUISE DE LA MISÉRICORDE. (1674.)

AN “IMMURATA” SISTER.

THE THREAD OF LIFE.

AN OLD-WORLD THICKET.

“ALL THY WORKS PRAISE THEE, O LORD.” A PROCESSIONAL OF CREATION.

LATER LIFE: A DOUBLE SONNET OF SONNETS.

“FOR THINE OWN SAKE, O MY GOD.”

UNTIL THE DAY BREAK.

“OF HIM THAT WAS READY TO PERISH.”

“BEHOLD THE MAN!”

THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS.

“IT IS FINISHED.”

AN EASTER CAROL.

“BEHOLD A SHAKING.”

“TAKE CARE OF HIM.”

“LOVE IS STRONG AS DEATH.”

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IV Poems Added in Poems (1888)

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V Verses (1893)

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[Swift and sure the swallow]

Swift and sure the swallow,
Slow and sure the snail:
Slow and sure may miss his way,
Swift and sure may fail.