#the complete poems of christina rossetti

[adrasteiax]

I hang my harp upon a tree, A weeping willow in a lake; (...) Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart; My silent heart, lie still and break:

Christina Rossetti, from Mirage in “The Complete Poems Of Christina Rossetti”

#poetry #christina rossetti #mirage #the complete poems of christina rossetti #literature #poem #lit #from my collection #fave

[flowerytale]

Christina Rossetti, from "Echo", The Complete Poems

#christina rossetti #poetry #poem #poems #typo #typography #dreams #*

[llovelymoonn]

christina rossetti the complete poems: "echo" \\ edvard munch on the waves of love (1899)

shout my daily chai latte

#mine #parallels #web weave #compilations #webs #intertextuality #webweave #webweaving #web weaving #my webweaving #web #ww #parallel #parallelism #compilation #comparative #comparatives #edvard munch #munch #intertext #on the waves of love #echo #the complete poems #christina rossetti

[forgetmenauts]

so i heard you’ve got some new songs in the world? 👀👀👀👀 (<- spider eyes) what can you tell us about them?

First off, I just want to acknowledge the amendment to this ask saying they meant to say "in the works" instead of "in the world". It can't be easy to type with so many spider eyes (and limbs)! 🕷️

New songs currently in the works, in various states of completion, include:

A pop punk-inspired song about zombies and grief

A blues-y, jam-y werewolf song

A vampire rock opera

A retelling of Christina Rossetti's poem "Goblin Market"

Plus a few others that have already been fully written but just need time to get the whole band on board (like Domovoi), and some other little kernels of ideas that may or may not eventually turn into songs.

#the forgetmenauts #songwriting #ask box

[petaltexturedskies]

Come to me in the silence of the night; come in the speaking silence of a dream; come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright as sunlight on a stream; come back in tears, o memory, hope, love of finished years.

Christina Rossetti, from Echo in "The Complete Poems Of Christina Rossetti"

#christina rossetti

[ask-humphrey-bone]

hello handsome x

do you have a favourite poem or poems?

Crikey you summoned Thomas with the mention of the ‘p- word’. I’ll be handing this one over to him! Good luck!

Dear my beloved ‘What The Bally Hell’, I have prepared a complete bibliography for you. Alas, Humphrey insists it is too long and too tedious to suit his ‘Tumblr,’ whatever that is, so I have shortened it to a reasonable list of ten— fine, Sir Humphrey, five—excellent works which should entertain an enlightened reader such as you:

1. William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18. An eternal classic. I find his comedies somewhat overwrought and needlessly dramatic (if it is a romcom that you desire, may I instead point you to the high art that is Friends?), though Hamlet is a true masterpiece. I am sure you have never heard of it, as it takes a true connoisseur of poesy to appreciate the mind of such a gifted playwright, but Sonnet 18 captures the peak of Shakespeare’s artistic endeavours and masterful use of language. (Of course, Shakespeare could not spell his own name, but we all have our flaws.)

2. Andrew Marvell’s To His Coy Mistress. I cannot fathom why anyone would insist on reading the likes of that blade Byron when this beautiful romance exists. Moreover, it understands how to manipulate rhyme and rhythm without contorting the English language into a monstrosity that would make angels weep. The clarity of Marvell’s writing is astounding! It strikes the heart like an arrow, straight and true (EDIT: Sorry, Pat), without any of those namby-pamby half-rhymes that so characterise Byron’s writing, or the bullheaded metaphor (if it can even be called such) of Wordsworth and Blake. And to think, they were grown men! Inexcusable.

3. John Milton’s Paradise Lost. A little short for my tastes.

4. Henry Howard’s Complaint of the Absence of Her Love Being Upon the Sea. Despite his complete inability to title his works, or indeed to survive beyond the age of thirty, Howard was a tremendous gift to the English language: indeed, without him, we might never have seen the likes of Shakespeare, sonnets or plays, a fate almost as bad as being fatally shot in the abdomen with a musket ball. I believe Humphrey may have been acquainted with the man. Ah, such jealousy one feels!

5. Christina Rossetti’s Remember. I only discovered this work after my death, but it is as much a masterpiece as any of the works listed above. One might even say it is something to remember. You may be familiar with her other work, Goblin Market, which, to my memory, always makes Julian laugh … I suspect he invented some crude innuendo to amuse himself. Fear not, however: Rossetti’s works are entirely innocent.

P.S. I should mention that several of my initial suggestions—more than half, in fact—have been edited out, so this list should be considered merely introductory and not a thorough analysis of the breadth of style and content created across history. Although I was adamant that some rap be listed, Alison insisted I add a ‘woman’s voice’ to make the list ‘more inclusive’ (I am unsure as to what this means, but anything for my darling), so you shall have to investigate that for yourself, kind ‘What The Bally Hell’. Enjoy your reading!

P.P.S. I suggested adding the poetry of Elizabeth I, to recognise the oft unrecognised (again, Alison’s words) contributions of women to poetry. For some unfathomable reason, Sir Humphrey has declined. I cannot imagine why; she was a far better writer than most of my contemporaries.

Yours truly,

Thomas Angus Thorne. 🥀

#mr cheese has spoken #and #thomas thorne #bbc ghosts #sir humphrey bone #humphrey bone #this genius post is thanks to #natequarter

[dactylicreveries]

-Christina Rossetti, from "Echo", The Complete Poems

#poetries #dark academia #aesthetic #books aesthetic #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark moodboard #dark acadamia quotes #grief quotes #grief journal #alone with my thoughts #dreams #dreamcore #literature lover

[flo-nelja]

@potahun tagged me! Thank you! Sorry I took so long to answer!

3 Ships You Like: These days I'm deep into Lupin/Jigen still, I'm screaming for every Lenore/Annabel Lee interaction in the Nevermore comics, and reading the Silmarillion reminded me of how hard I used to ship Morgoth/Sauron.

First Ship Ever: Before I knew what shipping was, Han/Leia or maybe Nemo/Electra from Fushigi no Umi no Nadia. But I discovered shipping with Shinji/Kaworu from Evangelion.

Last Song You Heard: Carla Bruni's version of At last the secret is out

Favourite Childhood Book: When I was tiny, I had deep love for the Brer Rabbit series. Later I had obsessions on Les métamorphoses de Corenton, Espy and the catnappers, La troisième guerre mondiale n'aura pas lieu.

Currently Reading: I am finishing the Guardian novel by Priest, reading the complete collection of poems by Christina Rossetti, reading The Confidential agent by Graham Greene, rereading the Hobbit, and also a historical bande dessinée about Alexandre Dumas' father.

Currently watching: Season 3 of Leverage, Birdie Wing, and trying to still advance in the Lupin III franchise.

Currently consuming: This reminded me to drink water.

Currently craving: Inspiration for the fic I'm trying to write (I'm answering memes instead)

Tagging: @outofshame, @peachfolk, @trinitrine, @transsexualhamlet, @vampirenaomi

#meme replies

[pirate-poet]

salt & honey masterpost

JANUARY – 1888

salt & honey is a crossover fic that puts characters from the Master and Commander media into the Sunless Sea/Fallen London universe. The Surprise is a steamship, the sea is the zee, Stephen is imprisoned at the Isle of Cats instead of Mahon...well. Please heed the warnings on this one, it's angst-heavy!

LINK and the fic is COMPLETE!

bonus content below the cut(currently the map, twenty title poems, mentioned music, more to be added including full poem list and calendar)

(edited sunless sea map)

A note on the poetry: some of these are very topically relevant to the fic to the point that I was yelling to my alpha readers about how perfect they were! Some are very not topically relevant but still good poems. I highly recommend them all! I took great pains to make sure that each poem was written before the time of the fic so the characters could, theoretically, have read them. Also I'm going by Ao3 chapter numbers, not how they would be numbered without the introduction and interlude.

Ch 2 title: Edward Lear's "The Jumblies Ch 3 title: Emily Dickinson's "A little bread - A crust - A crumb" Ch 4 title: Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "Jenny" Ch 5 title: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam A. H. H. Canto 11" Ch 6 title: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Pains of Sleep" Ch 7 title: William Blake's "The Garden of Love" Ch 8 title: Adam Lindsay Gordon's "The Swimmer" Ch 9 title: William Butler Yeats' "Byzantium" Ch 10 title: Robert Browning's "Prospice" Ch 11 title: Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "Insomnia" Ch 12 title: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam A. H. H. Canto 24" Ch 13 title: Gerard Manley Hopkins' "I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day" Ch 14 title: Christina Rosetti's "Promises like Pie-crust" Ch 15 title: George Barlow's "The Immortal and The Mortal" Ch 16 title: John Keats' "Ode on Indolence" Ch 17 title: Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "Jenny" Ch 18 title: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam A. H. H. Canto 3" Ch 19 title: William Blake's "Holy Thursday" Ch 20 title: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam A. H. H. Canto 4" (for some reason this one is hard to find just as a poem so have a shmoop link) Ch 21 title: John Clare's "A Vision"

Music I mentioned: Surprisingly I didn't mention a lot, which is strange because I am a classical musician(hobbyist). The issue I have with mentioning music, though, is I have NO idea what was popular at the time and finding out is harder than finding out when a poem was published. Oh well, maybe I should be more chill about historical accuracy in the alternate history fiction universe.

Ch 26: Dvorak's Humoresque (i stand by Jack's pun. it's fiddly) Ch 29: Paganini's duet

#salt & honey #master and commander #sunless sea #ill pin this till i finish the fic #masterpost

[swanmaids]

tagged by @theghostinthemargins for five books i’d choose if i could only read those five books for the rest of my life, thank you!

first, this question is cruel and unusual. that said, i think i’d go with:

the silmarillion - jrrt. you know the drill. favourite book, all time obsession, no silm no life. this is one that i really couldn’t live without.

a feast for crows/ a dance with dragons - grrm. ok technically i’m cheating and this is two books but. beloved feastdance <3. they overlap temporally and can be read concurrently, so i’m counting them as one. i know some people think asoiaf falls off here, but those people are wrong. gender! the fallout after war! magic and prophecy and eldritch apocalypse incoming! greyjoys greyjoying! lannisters lannistering! i could read these again and again and keep noticing more.

the tale of genji - murasaki shikibu. love this brick. on its face this is a bit like a soap opera with genji and his many wives and lovers and all the drama that brings, but it’s much more layered, with a ton of political intruige occuring under the surface, and the hints of the deep interiority of the female characters (bargen’s a woman’s weapon: possession in the tale of genji is a great exploration of this.). plus of course the way it echoes through japanese art, literature and theatre throughout the centuries.

bloodchild - octavia butler. a good short story collection is essential if i’m only allowed to read five books for the rest of my life, and every story here hits. they’re beautiful and disturbing and each one leaves you thinking about it long after completion. each one also comes with butler’s in-depth and illuminating commentary.

complete poems - christina rossetti. likewise, some great poetry also feels essential to round out this challenge. rossetti’s body of work is so broad that it would take a decent amount of time to get through it all, and so beautiful and touching that it would be a greatly worthwhile process. plus, goblin market is just the best.

tagging @matrose2 @courtjestermerlin @mirillel @meadowlarkx @jouissants

@imakemywings @polutrope @aipilosse if you’d like to do it!

#tag game #my book recs

[ombre-ame]

“(…) ‘Do you dream of me?’ you said. My heart was dust that used to leap to you; (…)”

— Christina Rossetti, from The Convent Threshold in “The Complete Poems Of Christina Rossetti”

@ombre-ame

April 1/24

[adrasteiax]

What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow: What are brief? today and tomorrow: What are frail? spring blossoms and youth: What are deep? the ocean and truth.

Christina Rossetti, from What Are Heavy? Sea-Sand And Sorrow in “The Complete Poems Of Christina Rossetti”

#poetry #christina rossetti #what are heavy? sea sand and sorrow #the complete poems of christina rossetti #literature #poem #lit #from my collection

[flowerytale]

Christina Rossetti, from “Echo”, The Complete Poems

#christina rossetti #poetry #poem #poems #typo #typography #*

[lizziestudieshistory]

20 Books Challenge

I'm not sure if this has an official name? But I was tagged by @oneanxiousstudybuddy to list the 20 books I'd keep if, for some reason, I was told I had to get rid of all of my books - horror of horrors! The main rule: you can only keep one book per author/series. Sorry it took a while (I'm indecisive!) but here is my list...

Emma by Jane Austen

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien (I was going to say the Lord of the Rings in a one volume edition but I feel like that's cheating as it is usually considered a trilogy... And The Silmarillion is my favourite anyway)

Being Protestant in Refomation Britain by Alec Ryrie

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

Salomé by Oscar Wilde

The Red and the Black by Stendhal

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (this was the hardest one for me to pick as I also adore Richard II and which one I'd go for depends on the day)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (I have been growing increasingly more critical of Sanderson over the last few years but this book has too much sentimental value to let go - and I'm specifically talking about my beaten up paperback)

Earthsea: the First Four Books by Ursula K. Le Guin (I know I said the Lord of the Rings single volume edition was cheating... However, I actually can't find an individual edition of the Earthsea books anymore, they're ALL in one volume like this. If you don't like it take your complaints to the publisher! But if I had to choose one from those I've read it would be The Tombs of Atuan)

The Iliad by Homer

The Divine Comedy by Dante

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

The Complete Poems by Christina Rossetti

So, those are the books. I'm not sure I'm 100% happy with this list - I think 10 are definites that I wouldn't change no matter what happens in my life, others are more temporary choices. This list would also look VERY different if I was allowed to pick more than one book by an author.

I'll tag @stefito0o and whoever else wants to do this - I've lost track of who's done this/has been tagged as I'm late to the party. If you do it please tag me though as I love to see people's choices!

#20 books #books #reading #bookblr #tagged #tag game #this was hard #take all of this with a pinch of salt

[lionofchaeronea]

Doing a deep dive into the Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti. 880 pages of poems + 300 pages of notes = should keep me occupied for a while.

#personal #current reading #poetry #Christina Rossetti

[ao3feed-tf2ships]

Run and Don't Look Back

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/39651099

by BonusDuckies

"Crying, my little one, footsore and weary? Fall asleep, pretty one, warm on my shoulder: I must tramp on through the winter night dreary, While the snow falls on me colder and colder."

With Team Fortress reunited, and the threat of Gray Mann extinguished, a new base is the herald of a fresh start. But when the things left unsaid are forced out into the open, and the Administrator's control starts to hit far too close to home, their Sniper is forced to make a choice.

How far would you go for family?

Words: 376, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Team Fortress 2

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: M/M, Multi

Characters: Scout (Team Fortress 2), Soldier (Team Fortress 2), Pyro (Team Fortress 2), Demoman (Team Fortress 2), Heavy (Team Fortress 2), Engineer (Team Fortress 2), Medic (Team Fortress 2), Sniper (Team Fortress 2), Spy (Team Fortress 2), RED Team (Team Fortress 2), Large OC Cast

Relationships: Medic/Sniper (Team Fortress 2), Heavy/Medic (Team Fortress 2), Sniper/Spy (Team Fortress 2)

Additional Tags: An Ancient Fic: 2022 Edition, A complete rework of the original RADLB :), Summary poem is by Christina Rossetti, Character list will update as I go for spoiler reasons but the gang's all here!, Medic/Sniper is the main ship but the other two are featured in some way or another :), Comic Canon

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/39651099

#TF2 Medic #TF2 Sniper #MedicSniper #TF2 Bush Medicine