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• works containing multiple Rossetti texts
• works containing texts by multiple authors
• settings known to contain text by Christina Rossetti but unidentified
• settings that do not contain Christina Rossetti text, but are inspired by her text (includes instrumental works)
• settings that contain tonic sol-fa notation
• settings with unspecified music, such as found in hymnals, includes only words intended to be sung but not joined to any music or score AND has no tune or composer (including “unknown”) identified. Includes such settings for which there is evidence of plans for a publication that would contain tunes/music but with no evidence that the actual publication exists.
• compositions with text erroneously attributed to Christina Rossetti

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A

• "A Better Resurrection"
• "A Bird's-Eye View"
• "A Bird Song"
• "A Birthday"
• "A Bride Song"
• "A Christmas Carol" ("Before the paling of the stars")
• "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
• "A Christmas Carol, for my Godchildren" ("The shepherds had an angel")
• "'A city plum is not a plum'"
• "A Daughter of Eve"
• "'A diamond or a coal?'"
• "A Dirge" ("Why were you born when the snow was falling?")
• "Acme”
• "Advent" ("'Come,' Thou dost say to Angels")
• "Advent" ("Earth grown old, yet still so green")
• "Advent" ("This Advent moon shines cold and clear")
• "Advent Sunday"
• "A Farm Walk"
• "After Death"
• "A Green Cornfield"
• "A Hope Carol"
• "'A house of cards'"
• "'A linnet in a gilded cage'"
• "All Flesh is Grass"
• "'All the bells were ringing'"
• "'All Thy Works Praise Thee, O Lord.' A Processional of Creation"
• "Amen"
• "Amor Mundi"
• "'A motherless soft lambkin'"
• "An Echo from Willowwood"
• "'An emerald is as green as grass'"
• "An End"
• "'An exceeding bitter cry'"
• "'Angels at the foot'"
• "An October Garden"
• "Another Spring"
• "A Pause"
• "'A pin has a head but has no hair'"
• "'A pocket handkerchief to hem'"
• "'A ring upon her finger'"
• "'A rose has thorns as well as honey'"
• "A Rose Plant In Jericho"
• "A Song for the Least of all Saints"
• "A Song of Flight"
• "A Summer Wish"
• "Autumn"
• "'A white hen sitting'"
• "A Wintry Sonnet"
• "A Year's Windfalls"

B

• "'Baby cry'"
• "Babylon the Great"
• "Ballad"
• "'Because He first loved us'"
• "Better Resurrection, A" see "A Better Resurrection"
• "Bird or Beast?"
• "Bird Raptures"
• "Bird's-Eye View, An" see "A Bird's-Eye View"
• "Bird Song, A" see "A Bird Song"
• "Birthday, A" see "A Birthday"
• "Bitter for Sweet"
• "'Blind from my birth'"
• "'Boats sail on the rivers'"
• "Bourne, The" see "The Bourne"
• "Boy Johnny"
• "'Bread and milk for breakfast'"
• "Bride Song, A" see "A Bride Song"
• "'Brown and furry'"
• "By the waters of Babylon"

C

• "'Chiefest among ten thousand, The'" ("O Jesu, better than thy gifts") see "'The Chiefest among ten thousand'" ("O Jesu, better than thy gifts")
• "Christmas Carol, A" ("Before the paling of the stars") see "A Christmas Carol" ("Before the paling of the stars")
• "Christmas Carol, A" ("In the bleak mid-winter") see "A Christmas Carol" ("In the bleak mid-winter")
• "Christmas Carol, for my Godchildren, A" ("The shepherds had an angel") see "A Christmas Carol, for my Godchildren" ("The shepherds had an angel")
• "Christmas Carols"
• "Christmas Day"
• "Christmas Eve"
• "Christmastide"
• "'city plum is not a plum, A'" see "'A city plum is not a plum'"
• "'City mouse lives in a house, The'" see "'The city mouse lives in a house'"
• "Come unto me"
• "Consider"
• "Cousin Kate"
• "'Crying, my little one, footsore and weary?'"
• "'Currants on a bush'"

D

• "'Dancing on the hill-tops'"
• "Daughter of Eve, A" see "A Daughter of Eve"
• "'Days are clear, The'" see "'The days are clear'"
• "Dead Hope"
• "'Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush'"
• "De Profundis"
• "'Dear old woman in the lane, The'" see "'The dear old woman in the lane'"
• "Despised and Rejected"
• "'Diamond or a coal?, A'" see "'A diamond or a coal?'"
• "Dirge, A" see "A Dirge" ("Why were you born when the snow was falling?")
• "'Dog lies in his kennel, The'" see "'The dog lies in his kennel'"
• "Dost Thou Not Care?"
• "Dream-Land"
• "Dream-Love"

E

• "'Earth shall tremble at the Look of Him, The'" see "'The earth shall tremble at the Look of Him'"
• "Easter Carol, The" see "The Easter Carol"
• "Easter Monday"
• "Echo"
• "Echo from Willowwood" see "An Echo from Willowwood"
• "'Eight o'clock'"
• "'Emerald is as green as grass, An'" see "'An emerald is as green as grass'"
• "End, An" see "An End"
• "'end is not yet, the'" see "'The end is not yet'"
• "Eve"
• "Exceeding bitter cry, An" see "'An exceeding bitter cry'"

F

• "Farm Walk, A" see "A Farm Walk"
• "'Ferry me across the water'"
• "First Spring Day, The" see "The First Spring Day"
• "'Fly away, fly away over the sea'"
• "For Advent"https://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/browse?tags=Rossetti+poem%3A+%22For+Advent%22
• "For H.P."
• "From House to Home”
• "From Metastasio"
• "From the Antique" ("The wind shall lull us yet")

G

• "German-French Campaign. 1870-1871, The" see "The German-French Campaign. 1870-1871"
• "Goblin Market" — see commentary
• "Golden Glories"
• "Golden Silences"
• "Gone for Ever"
• "'Good-bye in fear, good-bye in sorrow'"
• "Good Friday"
• "'Grant us such grace that we may work Thy Will'"
• "Green Cornfield, A" see "A Green Cornfield"
• "'Growing in the vale'"

H

• "He and She"
• "'Heartsease in my garden bed'"
• "'Hear what the mournful linnets say'"
• "'Heaven overarches earth and sea'"
• "'Herself a rose, who bore the Rose'"
• "Holy Innocents" ("Sleep, little Baby, sleep")
• "Hope Carol, A" see "A Hope Carol"
• "'Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth'"
• "'Hopping frog, hop here and be seen'"
• "'Horses of the sea, The'" see "'The horses of the sea'"
• "Hour and the Ghost, The" see "The Hour and the Ghost"
• "'House of cards, A'" see "'A house of cards'"
• "Human and Divine Pleading"
• "'Hurt no living thing'"

I

• "'I am a King'"
• "'I caught a little ladybird'"
• "'I dug and dug amongst the snow'"
• "'I have a little husband'"
• "'I know a baby, such a baby'"
• "'If all were rain and never sun'"
• "'If a mouse could fly'"
• "'If a pig wore a wig'"
• "'If hope grew on a bush'"
• "'If I were a Queen'"
• "'If the moon came from heaven'"
• "'If the sun could tell us half'"
• "In the Lane"
• "'In the meadow—what in the meadow?'"
• "In the Round Tower at Jhansi"
• "In the Willow Shade"
• "'Is the moon tired? she looks so pale'"

J

• "'January cold desolate'"
• "Judge not according to the appearance"

K

• "Key-Note, The" see "The Key-Note"
• "'Kookoorookoo! Kookoorookoo!'"

L

• "Later Life: A Double Sonnet of Sonnets"
• "Leaf from Leaf Christ Knows"
• "'Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord'"
• "'Lily has a smooth stalk, The'" see "'The lily has a smooth stalk'"
• "'Linnet in a gilded cage, A'" see "'A linnet in a gilded cage'"
• "'Lie a-bed'"
• "'Lo! newborn Jesus'"
• "Long Barren"
• "'Looking back'"
• "'Lord, grant us calm, if calm can set forth Thee'"
• "'Lord, grant us grace to rest upon Thy word'"
• "'Lord Jesu, Thou art sweetness to my soul'"
• "'Lord, save us, we perish'"
• "Love Lies Bleeding"
• "'Love me,—I love you'"
• "Lowest Place, The" see "The Lowest Place"
• "'Lullaby, oh lullaby!'"
• "'Luscious and Sorrowful'"

M

• "'Margaret has a milking-pail'"
• "Mariana"
• "Martyr's Song"
• "Mary Magdalene" see "Human and Divine Pleading"
• "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary. A Song for all Maries"
• "May" ("I cannot tell you how it was")
• "'Minnie and Mattie'"
• "Mirage"
• "'Mix a pancake'"
• "Monna Innominata"
• "Months: A Pageant, The" see "The Months: A Pageant"
• "Moonshine"
• "Mother and Child"
• "'Motherless soft lambkin, A'" see "'A motherless soft lambkin'"
• "'Mother shake the cherry-tree'"
• "My Friend"

N

• "No, Thank You, John"
• "'None other Lamb, none other Name'"

O

• "'O Lady Moon, your horns point toward the east'"
• "October Garden, An" see "An October Garden"
• "'Oh fair to see'"
• "Old and New Year Ditties"
• "One Certainty"
• "One Day"
• "'One Foot on Sea, and One on Shore'"
• "One Sea-Side Grave"
• "'On the grassy banks'"
• "'O sailor, come ashore'"
• "'O wind, where have you been'"
• "'O wind, why do you never rest'"

P

• "Paradise"
• "Passing and Glassing"
• "Patience of Hope"
• "Pause, A" see "A Pause"
• "'Peach tree on the southern wall, The'" see "'The peach tree on the southern wall'"
• "'Peacock has a score of eyes, The'" see "'The peacock has a score of eyes'"
• "'Pin has a head but has no hair, A'" see "'A pin has a head but has no hair'"
• "'Pocket handkerchief to hem, A'" see "'A pocket handkerchief to hem'"
• "Poor Ghost, The" see "The Poor Ghost"
• "Prince's Progress, The" see "The Prince's Progress"
• "Profundis, De" see "De Profundis"
• "Promises like Piecrust"
• "'Pussy has a whiskered face'"

Q

• "Queen of Hearts, The" see "The Queen of Hearts"

R

• "Remember"
• "Rest"
• "ring upon her finger, A" see "'A ring upon her finger'"
• "Rose, The" see "The Rose"
• "'Rose has thorns as well as honey, A'" see "'A rose has thorns as well as honey'"
• "Rose Plant in Jericho, A" see "A Rose Plant In Jericho"
• "'Roses blushing red and white'"
• "'Roses on a brier'"
• "'Rosy maiden Winifred'"
• "'Rushes in a watery place'"

S

• "'Seldom "can't"'"
• "Septuagesima"
• "Shall I Forget?"
• "'Sing me a song'"
• "Sister Maude"
• "Sleep at Sea"
• "'Sleeping at last'"
• "The Solitary Rose"
• "Somewhere or Other"
• "Song" ("It is not for her even brow”)
• "Song" ("Oh roses for the flush of youth")
• "Song" ("Oh what comes over the sea")
• "Song" ("She sat and sang alway")
• "Song" ("Two doves upon the selfsame branch")
• "Song" ("When I am dead, my dearest")
• "Song for the Least of all Saints, A" see "A Song for the Least of all Saints"
• "Song of Flight, A" see "A Song of Flight"
• "Songs in a Cornfield"
• "'Sooner or later: yet at last'"
• "Sound Sleep"
• "Spring"
• "Spring Quiet"
• "St. Michael and All Angels"
• "'Strange voices sing among the planets which'"
• "Summer"
• "'Summer nights are short, The'" see "'The summer nights are short'"
• "Summer Wish, A" see "A Summer Wish"

T

• "'Take no thought for the morrow'"
• "'That where I am, there ye may be also'"
• "The Bourne"
• "'The Chiefest among ten thousand'" ("O Jesu, better than thy gifts")
• "'The city mouse lives in a house'"
• "'The days are clear'"
• "'The dear old woman in the lane'"
• "'The dog lies in his kennel'"
• "'The earth shall tremble at the Look of Him'"
• "The Easter Carol"
• "'The end is not yet'"
• "The First Spring Day"
• "The German-French Campaign. 1870-1871"
• "'The horses of the sea'"
• "The Hour and the Ghost"
• "The Key-Note"
• "The Lowest Place"
• "The Months: A Pageant"
• "'The peach tree on the southern wall'"
• "'The peacock has a score of eyes'"
• "The Poor Ghost"
• "The Prince's Progress"
• "The Queen of Hearts"
• "The Rose"
• "'There is a Budding Morrow in Midnight'"
• "'There is but one May in the year'"
• "'There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God'"
• "'There's snow on the fields'"
• "'The summer nights are short'"
• "The Thread of Life"
• "'The wind has such a rainy sound'"
• "'They lie at rest, our blessed dead'"
• "Thread of Life, The" see "The Thread of Life"
• "'Three plum buns'"
• "Three Seasons"
• "Three Stages"
• "To-morrow"
• "Tune me, O Lord, into one harmony"
• "Twice"
• "Twilight Calm"
• "Twilight Night"
• "'Twist me a crown of wind-flowers'"
• "Two Pursuits"

U

• "Up-Hill"

V

• "Venus's Looking-Glass"
• "Vigil of St. Peter"

W

• "Weary in Well-Doing"
• "'Wee wee husband'"
• "'What does the bee do?'"
• "'What does the donkey bray about?'"
• "'What do the stars do'"
• "'What good shall my life do me?'" ("No hope in life; yet there is hope")
• "'What is pink? a rose is pink'"
• "'What will you give me for my pound?'"
• "What Would I Give?"
• "'When a mounting skylark sings'"
• "'When the cows come home the milk is coming'"
• "'Where innocent bright-eyed daisies are'"
• "'Where shall I find a white rose blowing?'"
• "'White hen sitting, A'" see "'A white hen sitting'"
• "Whitsun Monday"
• "'Who has seen the wind?'"
• "Wife to Husband"
• "'Wind has such a rainy sound, The'" see "'The wind has such a rainy sound'"
• "Winter: My Secret"
• "Winter Rain"
• "Wintry Sonnet, A" see "A Wintry Sonnet"
• "'Wrens and robins in the hedge'"
• "Wrestling"

Y

• "Year's Windfalls, A" see "A Year's Windfalls"
• "'Ye that fear Him, both small and great'"
• "'Your brother has a falcon'"