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Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: " In the Bleak Midwinter ", later set by Gustav Holst , Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold ...
Goblin Market is an 1862 narrative poem by Christina Rossetti. It tells the story of sisters Laura and Lizzie, who are tempted with fruit by goblin merchants. [ 1 ] In a letter to her publisher, Rossetti claimed that the poem, which is interpreted frequently as having features of remarkably sexual imagery, was not meant for children.
Christina's brother, founding Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood member Dante Gabriel Rossetti, designed the frontispiece and title page illustrations in the first edition, as well as the minimal blue binding. Christina was aware that her brother's "commercial savvy and artistic skill" helped make her first volume of poetry a success. [2] "Buy from Us ...
"Remember", a poem by Christina Rossetti; Music. Albums. Remember (BigBang album), 2008; ... "Remember", by Saves the Day from Saves the Day, 2013
Christina Rossetti, portrait by her brother, Dante Gabriel Rossetti "In the Bleak Midwinter" is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti.It was published under the title "A Christmas Carol" in the January 1872 issue of Scribner's Monthly, [1] [2] and first collected in book form in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan, 1875).
The magazine was edited by William Michael Rossetti. [2] The Germ was renamed Art and Poetry, being Thoughts towards Nature, conducted principally by Artists for its last two issues. It was not a success, only surviving for four issues between January and April 1850. [3] Illustrations were provided by members of the brotherhood.
Musical settings of poems by Christina Rossetti (8 P) Pages in category "Poetry by Christina Rossetti" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), English poet writing romantic, devotional and children's poems; Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916), American poet, writer, and temperance reformer; Virginie Sampeur (1939–1919), Haitian educator and poet; Carrie Bell Sinclair (1839–1883), American poet