Christina Rossetti Quotes About Hope

“A Better Resurrection,” in Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862 first edition), Devotional Pieces, printed page 137 / scan leaf 153. “My life is in the falling leaf: O Jesus, quicken me” closes the first stanza as a direct Christian prayer for renewed life; the address to Jesus and resurrection frame are essential context and are not secularized into generic recovery advice.

‘Advent,’ second stanza, in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, Project Gutenberg #16950. ‘The watch is long betimes and late, / The prize is slow to win’ belongs to Rossetti's explicitly Christian devotional waiting; later stanzas name Christ and Jesus Christ directly. It is devotional poetry rather than a secular guarantee that persistence produces a reward.

“Advent,” Project Gutenberg #16950. 'His' refers to Christ; the line remains Christian devotional poetry rather than being generalized into an evidence-free guarantee about outcomes.

“Another Spring,” Project Gutenberg #16950. The stanza begins conditionally—'If I might see another Spring'—so the present-focused conclusion grows from mortality and uncertainty.

“Spring,” in Goblin Market and Other Poems; Project Gutenberg #16950. The surrounding poem also stresses that spring passes and that spring-life is born to die.

“The First Spring Day,” Project Gutenberg #16950. The stanza continues into explicitly spiritual hope about renewal in this world or the world to come.

“The First Spring Day,” Project Gutenberg #16950. The alternative 'world to come' makes the Christian eschatological dimension explicit.

“Up-Hill,” in Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862); Project Gutenberg #16950. The road is a spiritual-life allegory, so the line is not reduced to literal travel advice.

“Up-Hill,” Project Gutenberg #16950. The poem is an allegorical question-and-answer sequence about the soul’s journey, endurance and eventual rest.