Rossetti Quotes

Goblin Market

‘_ me, _me, _ me’

‘For your _ I have _

‘Laura, Laura you should not _’

‘_ out of _’

‘both were _ / with_of their own’

Lau ‘pricking up _’ Liz ‘Tore _and _ her stocking’

‘she_ and _ away’ / ‘she no more_’

‘sweet tooth_’ / ‘Curious _’

‘Eat me, drink me, love me’ - allusion to communion

‘For your sake I have braved the glen - love

‘Laura, Laura you should not peep at Goblin men’ - temptation, protectiveness

‘Life out of death’

‘both were wives / with children of their own’ - conformity

Lau ‘pricking up her golden head’ Liz ‘Tore her gown and soiled her stocking’

‘she pined and pined away’ / ‘she no more swept the house’ - non-conformity and temptation

‘sweet tooth Laura’ / ‘Curious Laura’ - her difference to Lizzie who is more cautious

No, Thank You, John:

‘No _ made me your _’

I’d rather answer “_” to _ / than answer “_“ to you

_ of passage, _of youth

who can’t_ that _

use your _

‘No fault of mine made me your toast’ - strong moral conduct = Rossetti’s beliefs of chastity

‘I’d rather answer “No” to fifty Johns / Than answer “Yes” to you’ = patronise, hurts ego - like N assertiveness/harshness towards Torvald

‘Song-birds of passage, days of youth’ = naivety before realising it is merely idealistic

‘Who can’t perform that task’ = refuses to conform to society demands - refuses to please

‘Use your common sense’ = dominant tone and being final - so infatuated with love he isn’t thinking straight

Maude Clare

‘Out of the _ she followed them’

‘Maude Clare was _’

‘And _ was pale with _’

‘He _ in his _’

‘I’ll love him till _’ / ‘Me best of all_’

‘Out of the Church she followed them’ =

‘Maude Clare was like a queen’

‘And Nell was pale with pride’

‘He faltered in his place’

‘I’ll love him till he loves me best’ / ‘Me best of all Maude Clare’

In The Round Tower at Jhansi

‘The_ howling _ below’

‘Skene looked at his _ young _’

‘Close the _ to her _’

‘God _ this’

‘Will it _ much’

to _ and _

Goodbye — Goodbye

‘The swarming howling wretches below’

‘Skene looked at his pale young wife’

‘Close the pistol to her brow’

‘God forgive them this’

‘Will it hurt much’

‘to kiss and die’

‘Goodbye — Goodbye’

Echo

‘speaking _ of a dream’

‘O memory, _, love of _ years’

‘bitter _’

‘Paradise’

watch the _ door

‘Cold in _’

‘speaking silence of a dream’

‘O memory, hope, love of finished years’

‘bitter sweet’

‘Paradise’

‘watch the slow door’

‘Cold in death’

From the Antique

‘Doubly _’

‘It’s a _ life’

‘I wish I were _’ / ‘Or better than any being, _’

‘Still the world would _ on the _’

‘Blossoms _ / cherries _’

‘None would _ me in all the _’

Doubly blank’

‘It’s a weary life’

‘I wish I were a man’ / ‘Or better than any being, were not’

‘Still the world would wag on the same’

‘Blossoms bloom / cherries ripen’

‘None would miss me in all the world’

Remember

‘Gone _ away into the _land’

‘Nor I half _ to go yet _ stay’

‘Better by far you should _ and _’

‘It would be _ to counsel then or _’

Gone far away into the silent land’

‘Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay’

‘Better by far you should forget and smile’

‘It would be late to counsel then or pray’

When I am dead, my dearest

‘Sing no _ for me’

‘Plant thou no _ at my _’

‘I shall not _ the _’

Haply I _ / and haply may _

‘Sing no sad songs for me’

‘Plant thou no roses at my head’

‘I shall not feel the rain’

Haply I may remember / and haply may forget