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Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Age: 55 †
Born: 1806
Born: March 6
Died: 1861
Died: June 30
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Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you, Without a thought disloyal.
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You're something between a dream and a miracle.
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And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.
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There are nettles everywhere, but smooth, green grasses are more common still the blue of heaven is larger than the cloud.
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You believe In God, for your part?--that He who makes Can make good things from ill things, best from worst, As men plant tulips upon dunghills when They wish them finest.
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I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form.
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