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Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.
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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Wall must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy.
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Of writing many books there is no end.
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And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.
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Beloved, let us live so well our work shall still be better for our love, and still our love be sweeter for our work.
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The least flower, with brimming cup, may stand and share its dew drop with another near.
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Love me sweet With all thou art Feeling, thinking, seeing Love me in the Lightest part, Love me in full Being.
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