Consider The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:-- We are as they; Like them we fade away As doth a leaf. Christina Rossetti More Quotes by Christina Rossetti More Quotes From Christina Rossetti Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. Christina Rossetti women work inspirational Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep. Christina Rossetti What is the beginning? Love. What is the course. Love still. What the goal. The goal is love. Christina Rossetti stills goal love What can I give Him, Christina Rossetti christmas wise heart What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow. What are brief? today and tomorrow. What are frail? spring blossoms and youth. What are deep? the ocean and truth. Christina Rossetti ocean sea spring Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by the hand, Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more day by day You tell me of our future that you planned: Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterward remember, do not grieve: For if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. Christina Rossetti land grieving hands Open wide the windows of our spirits and fill us full of light; open wide the door of our hearts, that we may receive and entertain Thee with all our powers of adoration. Christina Rossetti light heart doors Silence is more musical than any song. Christina Rossetti music silence song Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad. Christina Rossetti smile sad happiness My life is like a faded leaf, Christina Rossetti life-is-like spring jesus Remember me when I am gone away, gone far away into the silent land. Christina Rossetti gone-away land remember Oh that it were with me Christina Rossetti flower summer running Love loves for ever, Christina Rossetti pain love-is men Flowers preach to us if we will hear. Christina Rossetti flower ifs My heart is like a singing bird. Christina Rossetti memorable heart bird Spring is when life's alive in everything. Christina Rossetti spring-break alive spring Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by. Christina Rossetti passing-by air clouds Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one to thank. Christina Rossetti grateful faith god Not as she is, but as she fills his dream Christina Rossetti dream I wonder if the sap is stirring yet, Christina Rossetti fire dream spring
