Christina Rossetti - She gave up beauty in her...

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

Christina Rossetti

British Poet

Born: Dec 5, 1830

Died: Dec 29, 1894

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Truth, Hope, Youth, Eyes, Joy, Beauty, Gave, Pleasant, Gaze, Ways, Bitter, Bitter Truth, Vanity, Tender, She, Covered, Up, Should, Lest, Chose, Her

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Carol Ann Duffy, Elizabeth Bibesco, George Herbert, Helen Dunmore, John Donne, Lord Byron, Samuel Butler, Thomas Babington Macaulay

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