Quote #186099
Love shall be our token love be yours and love be mine.
Christina Rossetti
About This Quote
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Interpretation
The line frames love as a shared “token”—a sign or pledge that binds speaker and addressee in mutual belonging. Its parallel structure (“love be yours and love be mine”) emphasizes reciprocity rather than possession: each party retains their own portion of love, yet both are joined by the same principle. Read in Rossetti’s idiom, the simplicity and incantatory repetition can suggest a vow-like utterance, where love functions as both gift and covenant. The phrasing also hints at love’s durability: a token is something carried or remembered, implying constancy even across separation or change.




