O passing angel, speed me with a song, a melody of heaven to reach my heart and rouse me to the race and make me strong.
Christina RossettiBe the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.
Christina RossettiConsider The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:-- We are as they; Like them we fade away As doth a leaf.
Christina RossettiShe cried, "Laura," up the garden, "Did you miss me? Come and kiss me. Never mind my bruises, Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices Squeezed from goblin fruits for you, Goblin pulp and goblin dew. Eat me, drink me, love me; Laura, make much of me; For your sake I have braved the glen And had to do with goblin merchant men.
Christina Rossetti