An important and often-quoted literary figure, the English poet Christina Rossetti (1830?1894) wrote some of the most beautiful and voluptuous poetry in the English language. Like Emily Dickinson, she lived in self-imposed isolation, writing of God and lost love with a sensuality and passion that seemed to emanate from the soul.This edition of 53 works combines a number of her best-known sonnets, ballads, and shorter lyrics with her long masterpiece, the narrative fable Goblin Market. A haunting fairy tale in verse, Goblin Market was once labeled a children's poem, yet its intricate symbolism and themes of temptation, sin, and redemption mark it for an adult audience. Among other works included in this choice collection are "The Convent Threshold," "Up-hill," "Cousin Kate," "Winter: My Secret," "Maude Clare," "No, Thank You, John," and "After Death."

From Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1862 Goblin Market Dream Land At Home A Triad Cousin Kate Spring A Birthday Remember After Death An End Song ("Oh roses for the flush of youth") A Summer Wish An Apple Gathering Song ("Two doves upon the selfsame branch") Maude Clare Echo Winter: My Secret Another Spring "No, Thank You, John" May A Pause of Thought Song ("When I am dead, my dearest") Sister Maude The First Spring Day The Convent Threshold Up-Hill 'A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break" A Better Resurrection The Three Enemies The One Certainty Sweet Death The World From The Prince's Progress and Other Poems, 1866 Spring Quiet A Portrait Dream-Love Twice One Day A Dream Beauty is Vain What Would I Give? The Bourne Memory Shall I Forget? Vanity of Vanities L.E.L. Life and Death Grown and Flown Despised and Rejected The Lowest Place From Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems, 1875 Consider A Smile and a Sigh