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Two brothers with this surname who championed Esperanto as a literary language were named Reto and Cezaro. A poem by an author with this surname that consists of a series of one-line questions and answers asks, “Will there be beds for me and all who seek?” An author with this surname opened a collection by calling a sonnet “a moment’s monument.” The poem “Up-Hill” is by an author with this surname who also wrote that “One may lead a horse to water, Twenty cannot make him drink.” The sonnet sequence The House of Life is by an author with this surname who wrote “The Blessed Damozel” and illustrated his sister’s (10[1])poem about Laura and Lizzie. For 10 points, (10[1])give this surname shared by the siblings Dante Gabriel and the author of “Goblin Market,” Christina. ■END■

ANSWER: Rossetti [accept Christina Rossetti; accept Dante Gabriel Rossetti; accept Reto Rossetti; accept Cezaro Rossetti]
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