Christina Rossetti [SEP] father
Early life and education.
Christina Rossetti was born in Charlotte Street (now 105 Hallam Street), London, to Gabriele Rossetti, a poet and a political exile from Vasto, Abruzzo, since 1824 and Frances Polidori, the sister of Lord Byron's friend and physician, John William Polidori. She had two brothers and a sister: Dante Gabriel became an influential artist and poet, and William Michael and Maria both became writers. Christina, the youngest, was a lively child. She dictated her first story to
Over the Sea (Christina Rossetti)" 5: not currently known 6: "Summer (Christina Rossetti)"
- 1917 "Song of the Palanquin Bearers" republished – Curwen
- 1917 "Lied der Sänftentrager" [German translation of Palanquin Bearers] – Universal Edition
- 1918 "Serenade (Diana Gardner") – Curwen
- 1918 "Two Songs from Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)" – (Evans: 3rd Bk of the School Concert) 1: "You are Old Father William"