“Silence more musical than any song;”Christina Rossetti · Quote Journal
No podcast. No playlist. Just the scratch of the pen.
Rossetti ranks stillness above music itself.
The poem is titled "Rest," which is also the musical word for a written pause. A rest tells the player to stay quiet for a beat.
Hardcover, 5.5″ × 8.5″. 80 lined, cream pages, an elastic closure, a ribbon marker and an expandable pocket inside the back cover.
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“Silence more musical than any song;”Christina Rossetti · Quote Journal
No podcast. No playlist. Just the scratch of the pen.
Rossetti ranks stillness above music itself.
The poem is titled "Rest," which is also the musical word for a written pause. A rest tells the player to stay quiet for a beat.
Hardcover, 5.5″ × 8.5″. 80 lined, cream pages, an elastic closure, a ribbon marker and an expandable pocket inside the back cover.
Write what you can't say out loud.
Same line, also on
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Christina Rossetti, "Rest," Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1862.
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