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The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti

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

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[Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire]

Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire:
Strike a flint, and forthwith flash out sparks of fire.