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A man may love a woman perfectly, and yet by no means ignorantly maintain a thousand women have not larger eyes. Enough that she alone has looked at him with eyes that, large or small, have won his soul.
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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Durham
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God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.
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Where Christ brings His cross He brings His presence and where He is none are desolate, and there is no room for despair.
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The least flower, with brimming cup, may stand and share its dew drop with another near.
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Death forerunneth Love to win Sweetest eyes were ever seen.
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The exchange of sympathy for gratitude is the most princely thing!
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