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If we tried To sink the past beneath our feet, be sure The future would not stand.
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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Mrs. Browning
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Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
Elizaveta Barrett Brauning
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There, that is our secret: go to sleep! You will wake, and remember, and understand.
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Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure Their blossoms from their roots, accessible Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill. God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.
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The soul's Rialto hath its merchandise, I barter for curl upon that mart.
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The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings and lo! they are flown.
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And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.
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