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> [The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/the-downhill-path-is-easy-but-there-s-no-turning-back/)

[Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/)

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> [“O where are you going with your love-locks flowing On the west wind bellowing along this valley track?” “The downhill path is easy, come with me an it please ye, We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.” So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/o-where-are-you-going-with-your-love-locks-flowing-on-the-west-wind/)

[Christina Rossetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-rossetti/)

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## 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/)

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