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O brave poets, keep back nothing Nor mix falsehood with the whole! Look up Godward! speak the truth in Worthy song from earnest soul! Hold, in high poetic duty, Truest Truth the fairest Beauty.
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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And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.
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Much of the possibility of being cheerful comes from the faculty of throwing oneself beyond oneself.
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We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination... down our earth to rake.
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Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar, Along the Psalmist's music deep, Now tell me if that any is. For gift or grace, surpassing this-- He giveth His beloved sleep.
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