“Silence more musical than any song;”Christina Rossetti · Quote Candle
The last guest just left. The dishwasher clicks off. For the first time all day, nothing in the house is making a sound.
Her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, drew the pictures for that first edition.
The mark on the staff is a quarter rest. One beat of written silence.
Soy wax blend, 9 oz, in an amber glass jar. White sage and lavender.
Strike the match. Leave the radio off.
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“Silence more musical than any song;”Christina Rossetti · Quote Candle
The last guest just left. The dishwasher clicks off. For the first time all day, nothing in the house is making a sound.
Her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, drew the pictures for that first edition.
The mark on the staff is a quarter rest. One beat of written silence.
Soy wax blend, 9 oz, in an amber glass jar. White sage and lavender.
Strike the match. Leave the radio off.
Same line, also on
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Christina Rossetti, "Rest," Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1862.
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