Quote #6

Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad.

More from Christina Rossetti

  1. Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land.
  2. For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift o…
  3. When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree: Be the green grass above me W…
  4. Oh roses for the flush of youth, And laurel for the perfect prime; But pluck an ivy branch for me Grown old before my time.
  5. The birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me.
  6. In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, I…
  7. 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 with thick-set fruit.
  8. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their heads The wind is passing by.

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