Christina Rossetti Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• Silence is more musical than any song.

  Christina Rossetti

  Music, Song, Silence

  "Rest" l. 10 (1862)

• O passing angel, speed me with a song, a melody of heaven to reach my heart and rouse me to the race and make me strong.

  Christina Rossetti

  Inspirational, Song, Strong

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.52, Delphi Classics

• Ah me, but where are now the songs I sang When life was sweet because you call’d them sweet?

  Christina Rossetti

  Song, Sweet

  Christina Georgina Rossetti, “Monna Innominata: A Sonnet Of Sonnets”

• When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet: And if thou wilt, remember, And if thou wilt, forget. I shall not see the shadows, I shall not feel the rain; I shall not hear the nightingale Sing on as if in pain: And dreaming through the twilight That doth not rise nor set, Haply I may remember, And haply I may forget.

  Christina Rossetti

  Dream, Song, Pain

  "When I am dead, my dearest" l. 1 (1862)

• Where are the songs I used to know, Where are the notes I used to sing? I have forgotten everything I used to know so long ago. ("The Key-Note")

  Christina Rossetti

  Song, Keys, Long Ago

  Christina Rossetti (2008). “Poems and Prose”, p.215, OUP Oxford

• When I am dead, my dearest,
  Sing no sad songs for me

  Christina Rossetti

  Song, Cypress Trees, Cypresses

  "When I am dead, my dearest" l. 1 (1862)

• 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 opened at the matin hour
  And fell at even-song.

  Christina Rossetti

  Song, Strong, Flower

  Christina Rossetti (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Christina Rossetti (Illustrated)”, p.1677, Delphi Classics

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