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For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.

Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti
Age: 64 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 5
Died: 1894
Died: December 29
Hymnwriter
Poet
Writer
London
England
Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christina G. Rossetti
Calm
Tedious
Friend
Strengthen
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Lift
Family
Cheer
Fetch
Way
Lifts
Astray
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Sister
Sisterhood
Stands
Stormy
Weather
Whilst

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