Black organic t-shirt, front: "Silence more musical than any song;" Christina Rossetti, under an empty music staff.

Navy organic t-shirt, front: "Silence more musical than any song;" Christina Rossetti, under an empty music staff.

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The Silence — Christina Rossetti Quote Organic T-Shirt

$37.00

Color:

French Navy Black

Size:

Fit & Fabric

Our shirts are cut differently from style to style, so check this chart before you order. All measurements are in inches, taken laid flat.

Size	Chest width	Length
S	19	28
M	20½	29¼
L	22	30
XL	24	31
2XL	26	32

How to measure: Lay a tee you like flat. Measure straight across the chest, armpit to armpit. Pick the size with the closest chest width. Length runs from the top of the shoulder to the hem.

Fabric: 100% organic cotton, combed and ring-spun, 4.6 oz per square yard.

Care: Wash inside out in cold water. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Don't iron the print. Don't bleach or dry clean.

Each piece can differ from the chart by up to 2 inches.

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You turn off the engine. Nobody's in the back seat. You sit there a minute before you go in.

"Silence more musical than any song;"
— Christina Rossetti
"Rest," Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1862. We check every line against a primary source.

The semicolon at the end is Rossetti's own. In her sonnet, the sentence keeps going.

In sheet music, a rest tells the player to stop for a beat. The poem is called "Rest."

Organic cotton.

Wear it into the loudest room you walk into today.

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The Silence — Christina Rossetti Quote Organic T-Shirt

$37.00