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Spring bursts today, For love is risen and all the earth's at play.

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
Today
Play
Love
Bursts
Risen
Easter
Spring
Earth

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