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Folded eyes see brighter colors than the open ever do.
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
Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
Elizaveta Barrett Brauning
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Get work, get work Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get.
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Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.
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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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There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o' the world oh, eyes sublime With tears and laughter for all time!
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But since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.
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The large white owl that with eye is blind, That hath sate for years in the old tree hollow, Is carried away in a gust of wind.
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Happy are all free peoples, too strong to be dispossessed. But blessed are those among nations who dare to be strong for the rest!
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Free men freely work: Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
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Books succeed and lives fail.
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Since when was genius found respectable?
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And that dismal cry rose slowly And sank slowly through the air, Full of spirit's melancholy And eternity's despair And they heard the words it said,- Pan is dead! great Pan is dead! Pan, Pan is dead!
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But I love you, sir: And when a woman says she loves a man, The man must hear her, though he love her not.
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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.
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And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.
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Men get opinions as boys learn to spell by reiteration chiefly.
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Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry, A creature might forget to weep, who bore Thy comfort long, and lose thy love, thereby! But love me for love's sake, that evermore Thou mayst love on, through love's eternity.
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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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I love you for the part of me that you bring out.
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The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul.
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Quick-loving hearts ... may quickly loathe.
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