For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy,...... Quote by "Christina Rossetti"

For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope.
— Christina Rossetti Complete Poems

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Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.
— Christina Rossetti

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Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.
— Christina Rossetti

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I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on.
— Christina Rossetti

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Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.
— Christina Rossetti

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She 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

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