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Much of the possibility of being cheerful comes from the faculty of throwing oneself beyond oneself.
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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Elizaveta Barrett Brauning
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Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath.
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The soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,And placed it by thee on a golden throne,-- And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)Is by thee only, whom I love alone.
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That headlong ivy! not a leaf will grow But thinking of a wreath, . . . I like such ivy bold to leap a height 'Twas strong to climb! as good to grow on graves As twist about a thyrsus pretty too (And that's not ill) when twisted round a comb.
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Books are men of higher stature, and the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
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Never say No when the world says Aye.
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An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.
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Sleep on, Baby, on the floor, Tired of all the playing, Sleep with smile the sweeter for That you dropped away in! On your curls' full roundness stand Golden lights serenely-- One cheek, pushed out by the hand, Folds the dimple inly.
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It is difficult to get rid of people when you once have given them too much pleasure.
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I cannot speak In happy tones the tear drops on my cheek Show I am sad But I can speak Of grace to suffer with submission meek, Until made glad.
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And yet, because I love thee, I obtain From that same love this vindicating grace, To live on still in love, and yet in vain
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I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form.
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Eyes of gentianellas azure, Staring, winking at the skies.
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Thou large-brain'd woman and large-hearted man.
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Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers?
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I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,-I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
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Get work, get work Be sure 'tis better than what you work to get.
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In your patience ye are strong.
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Children use the fist until they are of age to use the brain.
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Life, struck sharp on death, Makes awful lightning.
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