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Quotes by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told (The witch he loved before the gift of Eve) That ere the snakes, her sweet tongue could deceive And her enchanted hair was the first gold- And still she sits, young while the earth is old And, subtly of herself contemplative, Draws men to watch the bright net she can weave, Till heart and body and life are in its hold.— filed under Deceit
It was the rampart of God's house That she was standing on ; By God built over the sheer depth, The which is Space begun; So high, that looking downward thence, She scarce could see the sun.— filed under Hell
This sunlight shames November where he grieves In dead red leaves, and will not let him shun The day, though bough with bough be overrun. But with a blessing every glade receives High salutation.— filed under Sows
Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together.— filed under War
I plucked a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn, And climbing for the prize, was torn, And fouled my feet in quag-water; And by the thorns and by the wind The blossom that I took was thinn'd, And yet I found it sweet and fair.— filed under Flowers-Honeysuckle
The sun was gone now; the curled moon was like a little feather Fluttering far down the gulf.— filed under Monuments