02UndatedO cousin Kate, my love was true,Your love was writ in sand:If he had fooled not me but you,If you had stood where i stand,He'd not have won me with his love,Nor bought me with his land;I would have spit into his faceAnd not have taken his hand.Yet I have a gift you have not got,And seem not like to get:For all your clothes and wedding-ringI've little doubt you fret.My fair-haired son, my shame, my pride,Cling closer, closer yet:Your father would give lands for oneto wear his coronetChristina Rossetti / quote ↗
03UndatedYet if you should forget me for a whileAnd afterwards remember, do not grieve:For if the darkness and corruption leaveA vestige of thoughts that I once had,Better by far you should forget and smileThan that you should remember and be sad.Christina Rossetti / quote ↗
04UndatedCan anything be sadder than work unfinished? Yes work never begun.Christina Rossetti / quote ↗
06UndatedBetter by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad.Christina Rossetti / quote ↗
07UndatedShe 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 / quote ↗
10UndatedBetter by far you should forget and smile that you should remember and be sad.Christina Rossetti / quote ↗