Christina Rossetti
“Silence more musical than any song.”
“Rest,” in Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)
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Christina Rossetti
Source
“Rest,” in Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)
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Public domain in the United States
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About this line
“Rest” imagines a stillness so complete it becomes its own kind of music. Rossetti isn’t praising mere quiet — she’s after the deepest peace she can picture, and ranks it above sound itself.
Why we carry this line
Ever heard “silence is golden”? That’s what went through my mind when I read this. Rossetti got that. And so do we.
The design
The poem is called “Rest.” In music, a rest is silence, so the line sits under an empty staff with one rest on it. Music with no notes, only the pause. The line ends on Rossetti’s own semicolon, which is a pause too. Every product carries it the same way.
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