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I Wish I Could Remember by Christina Rossetti Next

I wish I could remember that first day,  First hour, first moment of your meeting me,  If bright or dim the season, it might be  Summer or Winter for aught I can say;  So unrecorded did it slip away,  So blind was I to see and to foresee,  So dull to mark the budding of my tree  That would not blossom for many a May.  If only I could recollect it, such  A day of days! I let it come and go  As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow;  It seemed to mean so little, meant so much;  If only now I could recall that touch,  First touch of hand in hand—Did one but know!   Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) was born in England to a family of great literary and artistic talent. A beauty who frequently modeled for her brother Dante and other respected artists of her day, Christina began writing as a child and published her first poem at eighteen. A kind-hearted woman who spent many years as a charity volunteer, Christina’s devout faith was often a central theme in the three books of poetry and four books of devotions she wrote during her life. Though her poems show up consistently in contemporary films, television shows, and musical compositions, her most familiar work is “In the Bleak Midwinter,” which, when set to music, became a beloved Christmas carol.