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> [“When wombats do inspire/I strike my disused lyre”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-rossetti/when-wombats-do-inspire-i-strike-my-disused-lyre/)

[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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