Christina Rossetti
“Silence more musical than any song.”
Christina Rossetti, “Rest,” in Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)
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Christina Rossetti
Source
Christina Rossetti, “Rest,” in Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)
In full
“Silence more musical than any song.”
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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
Every heard “silence is golden”? That’s what went through my mind when I read this. Rossetti got that. And so do we.
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