'Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land'
The poems in this volume display the extraordinary talent of Christina Rossetti, one of the nineteenth century's most important English poets. Here, ordinary and magical words collide as humans speak to God, poets speak to their muses and hope battles against despair. Devotional poems such as 'St. Peter' and 'Out of the Deep' describe Rossetti's profound religious faith, while 'Mariana', 'Heart's Chill Between' and 'Twice' are among many meditations on the bittersweet nature of love. This volume also includes the seminal, bewitching fantasy 'Goblin Market', rife with fairy-tale enchantment and menace.
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) was one of the most important of English woman poets, who was the sister of the painter-poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and a member of the Pre-Raphaelite art movement. 'A Birthday,' 'When I Am Dead,' and 'Up-Hill' are probably Rossetti's best-known single works.
