Christina Rossetti

Obedience is the fruit of faith. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#fruit #obedience

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#bitter #bitter truth #chose #covered #eyes

I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#i #i dream #might #slumber #wake

Better by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#better #far #forget #remember #sad

And all the winds go sighing, for sweet things dying. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#go #sighing #sweet #things #winds

My heart is like a singing bird. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#heart #like #singing

For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#calm #cheer #down #fetch #friend

Silence is more musical than any song. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#more #musical #silence #song #than

Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#down #heads #i #neither #nor

Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#hope #like #trembling