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We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination... down our earth to rake.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Age: 55 †
Born: 1806
Born: March 6
Died: 1861
Died: June 30
Essayist
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Durham
England
Mrs. Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
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Elizaveta Barrett Brauning
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Pan is dead! great Pan is dead! Pan, Pan is dead!
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Quick-loving hearts ... may quickly loathe.
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Will that light come again, As now these tears come...falling hot and real!
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Definition of Love: A score of zero in tennis. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears of all my life.
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