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For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope.

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
Hope
Bound
Hands
Catch
Heart
Bounds
Band
Fleshly
Beyond
Stretch
Joy
Scope
Beauty
Strain
Lying
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