Christina G. Rossetti Quote

One by one the flowers close Lily and dewy rose Shutting their tender petals from the moon.

Christina G. Rossetti

One by one the flowers close Lily and dewy rose Shutting their tender petals from the moon.

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About Christina G. Rossetti

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", also set by Darke and other composers. She was a sister of the artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and features in several of his paintings.