--- title: "3 Bleak Quotes By Christina Rossetti" description: "3 Bleak quotes by Christina Rossetti. Plus more from Christina Rossetti and more Bleak sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/christina-rossetti-3202_bleak_in-the-bleak-mid-winter-frosty-wind-made_844030.jpg" --- > [“In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/in-the-bleak-mid-winter-frosty-wind-made-moan-earth-stood-hard-as/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/christina-rossetti-3202_bleak_in-the-bleak-mid-winter-frosty-wind-made_844030.jpg) > [January cold and desolate; February dripping wet; March wind ranges; April changes; Birds sing in tune To flowers of May, And sunny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/january-cold-and-desolate-february-dripping-wet-march-wind-ranges/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0f/christina-rossetti-3202_april_january-cold-and-desolate-february-dripp_1540558.jpg) > [In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, Snow on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/in-the-bleak-midwinter-frosty-wind-made-moan-earth-stood-hard-as-iron/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/christina-rossetti-3202_bleak_in-the-bleak-midwinter-frosty-wind-made_2541493.jpg) ## More by Christina Rossetti > [My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/my-heart-is-like-a-singing-bird-whose-nest-is-in-a-water-d-shoot-my/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [All earth's full rivers can not fillThe sea that drinking thirsteth still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/all-earth-s-full-rivers-can-not-fillthe-sea-that-drinking-thirsteth/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [And sometimes I remember days of old When fellowship seemed not so far to seek, And all the world and I seemed much less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/and-sometimes-i-remember-days-of-old-when-fellowship-seemed-not-so/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [“Fallen from sonship, beggared of grace, Grant me. Father, a servant’s place. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/fallen-from-sonship-beggared-of-grace-grant-me-father-a-servant-s/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [“ Remember Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; When you can no more hold me by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/remember-remember-me-when-i-am-gone-away-gone-far-away-into-the/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/we-must-not-look-at-goblin-men-we-must-not-buy-their-fruits-who-knows/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [“A Robin said: The Spring will never come, And I shall never care to build again. A Rosebush said: These frosts are wearisome, My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/a-robin-said-the-spring-will-never-come-and-i-shall-never-care-to/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb. If I were a Wise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/what-can-i-give-him-poor-as-i-am-if-i-were-a-shepherd-i-would-bring-a/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [Observe this dew-drenched rose of Tyrian gardens A rose today. But you will ask in vain Tomorrow what it is; and yesterday It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/observe-this-dew-drenched-rose-of-tyrian-gardens-a-rose-today-but-you/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [Born in a stable, Cradled in a manger, In the world His hands have made, Born a stranger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/born-in-a-stable-cradled-in-a-manger-in-the-world-his-hands-have-made/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [Yet come to me in dreams, that I may live My very life again though cold in death; Come back to me in dreams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/yet-come-to-me-in-dreams-that-i-may-live-my-very-life-again-though/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [My heart is like a singing bird.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/my-heart-is-like-a-singing-bird/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [The lilies say: Behold how we Preach without words of purity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/the-lilies-say-behold-how-we-preach-without-words-of-purity/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [“I have no heart? Perhaps I have not; / But then you're mad to take offense / That I don't give you what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/i-have-no-heart-perhaps-i-have-not-but-then-you-re-mad-to-take/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) > [“In an Artist’s Studio One face looks out from all his canvases, One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans: We found her hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/in-an-artist-s-studio-one-face-looks-out-from-all-his-canvases-one/) [Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bleak/christina-rossetti/#itemlist", "name": "3 Bleak Quotes By Christina Rossetti", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; 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