The Complete PoemsA captivating collection of enduring verse by one of the Victorian era's most beloved poets Rossetti is unique among Victorian poets for the sheer range of her subject matter and the variety of her verse form. This collection brings together fantasy poems, such as Goblin Market, and terrifyingly vivid verses for children, love lyrics and sonnets, and the vast body of her devotional poetry. Rossetti's poems weave connections between love and death, triumph and loss, heavenly joys and earthly pleasures. The directness and clarity of her lyrics still have the power to startle us with their truth and beauty. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... half 257 If the moon came from heaven 257 O Lady Moon , your horns point toward the east 257 What do the stars do 257 Motherless baby and babyless mother 258 Crimson curtains round my mother's bed 258 Baby lies so fast asleep 258 I know ...
... half 257 If the moon came from heaven 257 O Lady Moon , your horns point toward the east 257 What do the stars do 257 Motherless baby and babyless mother 258 Crimson curtains round my mother's bed 258 Baby lies so fast asleep 258 I know ...
Page xx
... half moon shows a face of plaintive sweetness 481 " As the Doves to their windows " 482 Oh knell of a passing time 482 Time passeth away with its pleasure and pain 482 " The Earth shall tremble at the Look of Him XX Contents.
... half moon shows a face of plaintive sweetness 481 " As the Doves to their windows " 482 Oh knell of a passing time 482 Time passeth away with its pleasure and pain 482 " The Earth shall tremble at the Look of Him XX Contents.
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... half delirious and quite sick " 875 " On the note you do not send me❞ 875 Charon 875 From Metastasio 876 Chiesa e Signore 876 Golden Holly 877 " I toiled on , but thou " 877 Cor Mio [ ' Still sometimes in my secret heart of hearts ...
... half delirious and quite sick " 875 " On the note you do not send me❞ 875 Charon 875 From Metastasio 876 Chiesa e Signore 876 Golden Holly 877 " I toiled on , but thou " 877 Cor Mio [ ' Still sometimes in my secret heart of hearts ...
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... half of the verse , which Rossetti seldom quotes directly . The entire verse reads : ' Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but when the desire cometh , it is a tree of life . ' The importance of this second half of the verse is ...
... half of the verse , which Rossetti seldom quotes directly . The entire verse reads : ' Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but when the desire cometh , it is a tree of life . ' The importance of this second half of the verse is ...
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Contents
VI | 5 |
VII | 20 |
VIII | 21 |
IX | 22 |
X | 23 |
XII | 24 |
XIII | 25 |
XIV | 27 |
DLXXII | 494 |
DLXXV | 495 |
DLXXVII | 496 |
DLXXIX | 497 |
DLXXXII | 498 |
DLXXXIII | 499 |
DLXXXV | 500 |
DLXXXVII | 501 |
XV | 28 |
XVI | 29 |
XVII | 30 |
XVIII | 31 |
XX | 32 |
XXI | 33 |
XXII | 34 |
XXV | 36 |
XXVI | 37 |
XXVII | 38 |
XXIX | 40 |
XXX | 41 |
XXXI | 42 |
XXXIII | 43 |
XXXIV | 44 |
XXXV | 45 |
XXXVII | 46 |
XXXVIII | 48 |
XXXIX | 49 |
XLI | 50 |
XLII | 51 |
XLIII | 52 |
XLIV | 53 |
XLVII | 54 |
XLVIII | 55 |
L | 59 |
LI | 60 |
LII | 61 |
LIII | 62 |
LV | 64 |
LVI | 66 |
LVIII | 68 |
LIX | 69 |
LX | 70 |
LXII | 71 |
LXIII | 73 |
LXIV | 76 |
LXV | 82 |
LXVI | 84 |
LXVII | 87 |
LXVIII | 89 |
LXIX | 104 |
LXX | 110 |
LXXI | 114 |
LXXIII | 116 |
LXXIV | 117 |
LXXV | 118 |
LXXVI | 120 |
LXXVII | 123 |
LXXVIII | 126 |
LXXIX | 127 |
LXXX | 128 |
LXXXI | 130 |
LXXXII | 132 |
LXXXIII | 133 |
LXXXV | 134 |
LXXXVI | 136 |
LXXXIX | 137 |
XC | 139 |
XCI | 141 |
XCII | 143 |
XCIII | 147 |
XCVI | 149 |
XCVIII | 150 |
XCIX | 152 |
C | 153 |
CI | 155 |
CIII | 156 |
CIV | 157 |
CV | 158 |
CVI | 172 |
CVII | 174 |
CVIII | 175 |
CX | 176 |
CXII | 178 |
CXIII | 180 |
CXIV | 181 |
CXV | 183 |
CXVII | 185 |
CXIX | 186 |
CXX | 187 |
CXXII | 188 |
CXXIII | 189 |
CXXV | 191 |
CXXVII | 193 |
CXXVIII | 194 |
CXXIX | 202 |
CXXXI | 203 |
CXXXIII | 204 |
CXXXV | 205 |
CXXXVI | 206 |
CXXXVII | 207 |
CXL | 208 |
CXLI | 209 |
CXLII | 210 |
CXLIII | 212 |
CXLV | 215 |
CXLVI | 216 |
CXLVII | 218 |
CXLVIII | 220 |
CL | 221 |
CLI | 222 |
CLII | 223 |
CLIII | 224 |
CLIV | 225 |
CLV | 227 |
CLVIII | 228 |
CLXII | 229 |
CLXVII | 230 |
CLXXI | 231 |
CLXXV | 232 |
CLXXVIII | 233 |
CLXXX | 234 |
CLXXXIII | 235 |
CLXXXVII | 236 |
CXCI | 237 |
CXCIII | 238 |
CXCVI | 239 |
CXCVIII | 240 |
CCI | 241 |
CCV | 242 |
CCIX | 243 |
CCXIII | 244 |
CCXVI | 245 |
CCXIX | 246 |
CCXXIV | 247 |
CCXXVIII | 248 |
CCXXXI | 249 |
CCXXXIV | 250 |
CCXXXVIII | 251 |
CCXLII | 252 |
CCXLV | 253 |
CCXLIX | 254 |
CCLIII | 255 |
CCLVII | 256 |
CCLX | 257 |
CCLXIV | 258 |
CCLXV | 259 |
CCLXVII | 261 |
CCLXIX | 263 |
CCLXXI | 264 |
CCLXXIII | 265 |
CCLXXIV | 267 |
CCLXXVI | 268 |
CCLXXVII | 282 |
CCLXXIX | 283 |
CCLXXX | 287 |
CCLXXXI | 293 |
CCLXXXIII | 294 |
CCLXXXIV | 301 |
CCLXXXV | 302 |
CCLXXXVII | 303 |
CCLXXXIX | 305 |
CCXC | 306 |
CCXCI | 309 |
CCXCIII | 310 |
CCXCV | 313 |
CCXCVII | 314 |
CCXCIX | 316 |
CCC | 317 |
CCCI | 318 |
CCCII | 319 |
CCCIV | 320 |
CCCV | 321 |
CCCVIII | 324 |
CCCX | 325 |
CCCXI | 326 |
CCCXIII | 327 |
CCCXV | 328 |
CCCXVI | 329 |
CCCXVII | 330 |
CCCXVIII | 331 |
CCCXIX | 337 |
CCCXX | 346 |
CCCXXI | 358 |
CCCXXII | 359 |
CCCXXIII | 360 |
CCCXXIV | 361 |
CCCXXV | 362 |
CCCXXVI | 363 |
CCCXXVII | 364 |
CCCXXVIII | 365 |
CCCXXIX | 366 |
CCCXXX | 367 |
CCCXXXI | 371 |
CCCXXXII | 372 |
CCCXXXIII | 373 |
CCCXXXIV | 375 |
CCCXXXVI | 376 |
CCCXXXVII | 377 |
CCCXXXVIII | 378 |
CCCXL | 379 |
CCCXLII | 380 |
CCCXLV | 381 |
CCCXLVII | 382 |
CCCXLVIII | 383 |
CCCXLIX | 384 |
CCCL | 385 |
CCCLII | 387 |
CCCLIII | 389 |
CCCLIV | 390 |
CCCLVI | 391 |
CCCLVIII | 392 |
CCCLXI | 393 |
CCCLXIII | 394 |
CCCLXV | 395 |
CCCLXVIII | 396 |
CCCLXX | 397 |
CCCLXXII | 398 |
CCCLXXIV | 399 |
CCCLXXVI | 400 |
CCCLXXVIII | 401 |
CCCLXXX | 402 |
CCCLXXXII | 403 |
CCCLXXXIV | 404 |
CCCLXXXVII | 405 |
CCCXC | 406 |
CCCXCII | 407 |
CCCXCIII | 408 |
CCCXCV | 409 |
CCCXCVII | 410 |
CD | 411 |
CDII | 412 |
CDIV | 413 |
CDVI | 414 |
CDVIII | 415 |
CDXI | 416 |
CDXIV | 417 |
CDXV | 418 |
CDXVIII | 419 |
CDXX | 420 |
CDXXII | 421 |
CDXXIII | 422 |
CDXXIV | 423 |
CDXXVI | 424 |
CDXXVIII | 425 |
CDXXX | 426 |
CDXXXI | 427 |
CDXXXIII | 428 |
CDXXXV | 429 |
CDXXXVII | 430 |
CDXL | 431 |
CDXLII | 432 |
CDXLIII | 433 |
CDXLIV | 434 |
CDXLVII | 435 |
CDXLVIII | 436 |
CDLI | 437 |
CDLIV | 438 |
CDLV | 439 |
CDLVIII | 440 |
CDLIX | 441 |
CDLXII | 442 |
CDLXIII | 443 |
CDLXVI | 444 |
CDLXVIII | 445 |
CDLXX | 446 |
CDLXXII | 447 |
CDLXXIV | 448 |
CDLXXVII | 449 |
CDLXXVIII | 451 |
CDLXXX | 452 |
CDLXXXII | 453 |
CDLXXXIV | 454 |
CDLXXXVII | 455 |
CDLXXXIX | 456 |
CDXCII | 457 |
CDXCIV | 458 |
CDXCVI | 459 |
CDXCVIII | 460 |
DI | 461 |
DIV | 462 |
DVII | 463 |
DX | 464 |
DXII | 465 |
DXIV | 466 |
DXVII | 467 |
DXIX | 468 |
DXXI | 469 |
DXXIII | 470 |
DXXIV | 471 |
DXXVI | 472 |
DXXIX | 473 |
DXXXI | 474 |
DXXXIV | 475 |
DXXXVI | 476 |
DXXXVII | 477 |
DXXXIX | 478 |
DXL | 479 |
DXLII | 480 |
DXLV | 481 |
DXLVII | 482 |
DL | 483 |
DLII | 484 |
DLIV | 485 |
DLVI | 486 |
DLVIII | 487 |
DLX | 488 |
DLXIII | 489 |
DLXV | 490 |
DLXVII | 491 |
DLXX | 492 |
DLXXI | 493 |
DLXXXVIII | 502 |
DLXXXIX | 503 |
DXCIII | 504 |
DXCV | 505 |
DXCVII | 506 |
DC | 507 |
DCII | 508 |
DCIV | 509 |
DCVI | 510 |
DCVIII | 511 |
DCIX | 512 |
DCXI | 513 |
DCXIII | 514 |
DCXV | 515 |
DCXVII | 516 |
DCXX | 517 |
DCXXII | 518 |
DCXXIV | 519 |
DCXXVII | 520 |
DCXXIX | 521 |
DCXXXI | 522 |
DCXXXIII | 523 |
DCXXXV | 524 |
DCXXXVII | 525 |
DCXXXIX | 526 |
DCXLII | 527 |
DCXLV | 528 |
DCXLVI | 529 |
DCXLVIII | 530 |
DCLI | 531 |
DCLII | 532 |
DCLIV | 533 |
DCLVII | 534 |
DCLVIII | 535 |
DCLX | 536 |
DCLXII | 537 |
DCLXV | 538 |
DCLXVII | 539 |
DCLXX | 540 |
DCLXXII | 541 |
DCLXXV | 542 |
DCLXXIX | 543 |
DCLXXX | 545 |
DCLXXXI | 547 |
DCLXXXII | 548 |
DCLXXXIII | 549 |
DCLXXXIV | 556 |
DCLXXXV | 557 |
DCLXXXVII | 558 |
DCLXXXVIII | 559 |
DCLXXXIX | 560 |
DCXCI | 561 |
DCXCII | 563 |
DCXCIII | 564 |
DCXCIV | 565 |
DCXCV | 566 |
DCXCVI | 567 |
DCXCVII | 568 |
DCXCVIII | 569 |
DCXCIX | 570 |
DCC | 571 |
DCCI | 572 |
DCCII | 573 |
DCCIII | 574 |
DCCVI | 575 |
DCCVII | 576 |
DCCIX | 577 |
DCCX | 579 |
DCCXI | 580 |
DCCXII | 581 |
DCCXIII | 582 |
DCCXVI | 583 |
DCCXVII | 584 |
DCCXIX | 585 |
DCCXXI | 586 |
DCCXXIII | 587 |
DCCXXV | 588 |
DCCXXVIII | 589 |
DCCXXX | 591 |
DCCXXXI | 593 |
DCCXXXII | 595 |
DCCXXXIII | 603 |
DCCXXXIV | 605 |
DCCXXXV | 606 |
DCCXXXVI | 608 |
DCCXXXVII | 609 |
DCCXXXVIII | 610 |
DCCXXXIX | 612 |
DCCXL | 613 |
DCCXLII | 614 |
DCCXLIV | 615 |
DCCXLV | 616 |
DCCXLVI | 617 |
DCCXLVII | 618 |
DCCXLVIII | 619 |
DCCXLIX | 620 |
DCCL | 622 |
DCCLI | 623 |
DCCLII | 624 |
DCCLIII | 625 |
DCCLV | 626 |
DCCLVI | 627 |
DCCLVII | 628 |
DCCLVIII | 629 |
DCCLIX | 630 |
DCCLX | 633 |
DCCLXII | 634 |
DCCLXIII | 635 |
DCCLXV | 636 |
DCCLXVI | 638 |
DCCLXVII | 639 |
DCCLXVIII | 641 |
DCCLXIX | 642 |
DCCLXX | 643 |
DCCLXXI | 645 |
DCCLXXIII | 646 |
DCCLXXVI | 647 |
DCCLXXVII | 649 |
DCCLXXX | 650 |
DCCLXXXI | 651 |
DCCLXXXIII | 653 |
DCCLXXXIV | 654 |
DCCLXXXVI | 655 |
DCCLXXXVII | 656 |
DCCLXXXVIII | 658 |
DCCXC | 659 |
DCCXCI | 660 |
DCCXCIII | 662 |
DCCXCIV | 664 |
DCCXCVI | 665 |
DCCXCVIII | 666 |
DCCXCIX | 667 |
DCCCI | 668 |
DCCCII | 669 |
DCCCIII | 671 |
DCCCIV | 672 |
DCCCVI | 673 |
DCCCVII | 675 |
DCCCVIII | 676 |
DCCCIX | 677 |
DCCCX | 678 |
DCCCXI | 679 |
DCCCXII | 680 |
DCCCXIII | 681 |
DCCCXVI | 682 |
DCCCXVII | 683 |
DCCCXIX | 685 |
DCCCXXI | 686 |
DCCCXXII | 688 |
DCCCXXIII | 689 |
DCCCXXIV | 690 |
DCCCXXVI | 691 |
DCCCXXVIII | 694 |
DCCCXXX | 695 |
DCCCXXXII | 696 |
DCCCXXXV | 697 |
DCCCXXXVI | 698 |
DCCCXXXVII | 700 |
DCCCXXXIX | 702 |
DCCCXL | 703 |
DCCCXLII | 705 |
DCCCXLIV | 706 |
DCCCXLV | 708 |
DCCCXLVII | 709 |
DCCCXLVIII | 710 |
DCCCL | 712 |
DCCCLI | 713 |
DCCCLII | 715 |
DCCCLIII | 716 |
DCCCLIV | 718 |
DCCCLV | 719 |
DCCCLVI | 725 |
DCCCLVII | 726 |
DCCCLVIII | 727 |
DCCCLIX | 728 |
DCCCLX | 729 |
DCCCLXII | 730 |
DCCCLXIII | 731 |
DCCCLXVI | 732 |
DCCCLXVII | 734 |
DCCCLXIX | 736 |
DCCCLXX | 737 |
DCCCLXXI | 738 |
DCCCLXXIII | 739 |
DCCCLXXV | 740 |
DCCCLXXVI | 744 |
DCCCLXXVII | 745 |
DCCCLXXIX | 746 |
DCCCLXXXI | 747 |
DCCCLXXXII | 748 |
DCCCLXXXIV | 749 |
DCCCLXXXV | 753 |
DCCCLXXXVIII | 754 |
DCCCXC | 755 |
DCCCXCIII | 756 |
DCCCXCV | 757 |
DCCCXCVI | 758 |
DCCCXCVIII | 760 |
DCCCXCIX | 762 |
CM | 763 |
CMI | 764 |
CMII | 766 |
CMIII | 768 |
CMV | 769 |
CMVII | 772 |
CMVIII | 773 |
CMIX | 774 |
CMX | 775 |
CMXI | 777 |
CMXII | 778 |
CMXIII | 779 |
CMXV | 781 |
CMXVI | 782 |
CMXVII | 783 |
CMXIX | 784 |
CMXXI | 786 |
CMXXII | 791 |
CMXXIII | 792 |
CMXXIV | 794 |
CMXXVI | 795 |
CMXXVII | 796 |
CMXXIX | 797 |
CMXXX | 798 |
CMXXXI | 800 |
CMXXXII | 801 |
CMXXXIII | 802 |
CMXXXIV | 804 |
CMXXXV | 806 |
CMXXXVI | 808 |
CMXXXVII | 809 |
CMXXXVIII | 810 |
CMXL | 811 |
CMXLI | 812 |
CMXLII | 813 |
CMXLIII | 814 |
CMXLIV | 815 |
CMXLV | 816 |
CMXLVI | 817 |
CMXLVIII | 818 |
CMXLIX | 819 |
CML | 820 |
CMLI | 821 |
CMLII | 822 |
CMLIII | 823 |
CMLV | 824 |
CMLVII | 825 |
CMLVIII | 826 |
CMLIX | 827 |
CMLXI | 828 |
CMLXII | 829 |
CMLXIII | 830 |
CMLXIV | 831 |
CMLXVI | 832 |
CMLXVIII | 833 |
CMLXXII | 834 |
CMLXXIII | 835 |
CMLXXV | 836 |
CMLXXVI | 837 |
CMLXXVII | 838 |
CMLXXVIII | 839 |
CMLXXIX | 840 |
CMLXXX | 841 |
CMLXXXI | 842 |
CMLXXXIII | 843 |
CMLXXXIV | 844 |
CMLXXXVI | 845 |
CMLXXXVIII | 846 |
CMXC | 847 |
CMXCII | 848 |
CMXCIV | 849 |
CMXCVIII | 850 |
CMXCIX | 851 |
MI | 852 |
MIII | 853 |
MV | 854 |
MVII | 855 |
MX | 856 |
MXIV | 857 |
MXVIII | 858 |
MXIX | 859 |
MXX | 860 |
MXXIV | 861 |
MXXV | 862 |
MXXVII | 863 |
MXXVIII | 864 |
MXXX | 866 |
MXXXI | 867 |
MXXXII | 868 |
MXXXV | 869 |
MXXXVII | 870 |
MXXXVIII | 871 |
MXLI | 872 |
MXLIII | 873 |
MXLVI | 874 |
MXLIX | 875 |
MLI | 876 |
MLIII | 877 |
MLIV | 878 |
MLVII | 879 |
MLX | 881 |
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Angels beneath birds blessed blossoms breast breath bride Christ Christina Georgina Rossetti Christina Rossetti cold Composed crown darkness dead dear death deep doth dream earth Editions evermore eyes face fair fear fire flowers fruit glory Goblin Market golden grace green hand hast hath head heart Heartsease heaven Holy hope hope and fear James Collinson Jerusalem Jesus King Lamb light lily live look Lord love Thee love's Meggan moon morning mother nest never night once pain pale Paradise pass Poems praise pray rest rose Saints saith shadows shalt sigh silence sing sister sleep smile song sonnet sorrow soul Spring star summer sweet tears Thine things Thou art thro tomorrow tree unto vanities Vanity of vanities VENUS'S LOOKING-GLASS voice wake watch weary weep William Michael Rossetti wind wings