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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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VOLUME I
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I Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)
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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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VOLUME II
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VOLUME III

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Ariadne to Theseus.

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Sunlight to the river,
Moonlight to the sea,
As false and as fleeting
Thou hast been to me.

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And I've been like the lily
That to the summer clings,
Or like the nightingale
That to the sweet rose sings:

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That wooing never ceases
For her indifference,
And never his beloved flower
Reproaching will incense.

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But thou more cruel than the rose
Hast left me faithlessly,
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To mourn for ever and alone
Over thy perfidy.

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Soft breezes! waft him not
Across the wide wide sea;
Ingulph, just waves of Ocean!
The wretch who flies from me.

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Ah no! 'tis vain! Affection
For my false love still remains:
Blow, breezes! Peace, ye waters!
Revenge not ye my pains!

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May happiness attend thee,
Who hast ta'en from me all joy!
Be thine unmixèd pleasure;
Be mine the sad alloy!
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