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by Jan Marsh
Athenaeum , the leading literary weekly of the day. and Blessed Damozel Have you forgotten how you praised both light
And darkness; not embarrassed yet not quite
At ease? And how you said the glare of noon
Less pleased you than the stars? but very soon
You blushed, and seemed to doubt if you were right... Almost as shyly nervous as Christina, James shared her religious faith and literary aspirations. For the poetical club, he had written a poem called The Child Jesus The Girlhood of Mary Virgin, Loving she was, with temperate respect:
A profound simpleness of intellect
... and extreme patience ...
Faithful and hopeful; wise in charity;
Strong in grave peace; in duty circumspect. While Christina was sitting to her brother, she was also being painted by James. Shown in profile in The Girlhood Complete Poems Remember , the sonnet by which she is best known today. When exhibited in spring 1849, The Girlhood of Mary Virgin The Germ , its scope was wider than the Brotherhood itself, with contributions from established writers like Coventry Patmore, author of The Angel in the House The Germ Blessed Damozel was reprinted, together with his story | |
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