克里斯蒂娜·羅塞蒂

克里斯蒂娜·羅塞蒂（英語：Christina Georgina Rossetti）（1830年12月5日—1894年12月29日），英國詩人，因其長詩《精靈市場》與聖誕歌《In the Bleak Midwinter （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）》而聞名。

克里斯蒂娜·羅塞蒂
出生	(1830-12-05)1830年12月5日 英國倫敦
逝世	1894年12月29日(1894歲—12—29)（64歲） 英國倫敦
筆名	Ellen Alleyne
職業	詩人
語言	英語
國籍	不列顛
文學運動	拉斐爾前派

克里斯蒂娜·羅塞蒂（Christina Rossetti （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館））的肖像，她的兄弟但丁（Dante Gabriel Rossetti （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）)

The Milking-Maid (擠奶女僕) The year stood at its equinox, And bluff the North was blowing. A bleat of lambs came from the flocks, Green hardy things were growing. I met a maid with shining locks, Where milky kine were lowing. She wore a kerchief on her neck, Her bare arm showed its dimple. Her apron spread without a speck, Her air was frank and simple. She milked into a wooden pail, And sang a country ditty - An innocent fond lovers' tale, That was not wise nor witty. She kept in time without a beat, As true as church-bell ringers, Unless she tapped time with her feet, Or squeezed it with her fingers. I stood a minute out of sight, Stood silent for a minute, To eye the pail, and creamy white The frothing milk within it.

To eye the comely milking maid, Herself so fresh and creamy. 「Good day to you!」 at last I said, She turned her head to see me. 「Good day!」 she said with lifted head, Her eyes looked soft and dreamy. And all the while she milked and milked The grave cow heavy-laden. I've seen grand ladies, plumed and silked, But not a sweeter maiden. But not a sweeter fresher maid Than this in homely cotton, Whose pleasant face and silky braid I have not yet forgotten. Perhaps my rose is overblown, Not rosy or too rosy. Perhaps in farmhouse of her own Some husband keeps her cosy. Where I should show a face unknown? - Good bye, my wayside posy!

(摘自克里斯蒂娜·喬治娜·羅塞蒂的詩 "The Milking-Maid" ("擠奶女僕"))

參見

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參考鏈接

• Kathleen Jones. Christina Rossetti: Learning Not To First.
• Clifford, David and Roussillon, Laurence. Outsiders Looking In: The Rossettis Then and Now. London: Anthem, 2004.
• Jones, Kathleen. Learning Not to be First: A Biography of Christina Rossetti. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
• Marsh, Jan. Introduction. Poems and Prose. By Christina Rossetti. London: Everyman, 1994. xvii – xxxiii.
• Marsh, Jan. Christina Rossetti: A Writer's Life. New York: Viking, 1994.
• Maura Ives, Christina Rossetti A Descriptive Bibliography